ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302112
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| Date: | Monday 30 October 1944 |
| Time: | 09:15 |
| Type: | Fairchild Argus Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 16 Sqn SAAF |
| Registration: | FS645 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Alta Spina, Contrada St. Lucia, 6 miles south-west of Rionero. -
 Italy
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Biferno airfield, Campomarino (I) |
Fairchild Argus FS645: Took off at 08:30 hrs for Passenger flight. 30/10/1944
Crashed into cloud covered mountain near Santa Lucia/Isernia 45 minutes after take-off.
Crew:
Major (102995V) Carl Frederick GEERE OBE DFC (pilot) SAAF - Killed
Major (202884V) Sigmund FUCHS MiD (pass./Adjutant) SAAF - Killed
Capt. (????V) A.P.J. Le ROUX (pass./pilot) SAAF - injured
Sources:
1.ORB 16 Sqdn SAAF
2.CWGC
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