Accident Piper J-5B Cub Cruiser NC38575,
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Date:Thursday 9 December 1943
Time:18:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic J5 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper J-5B Cub Cruiser
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: NC38575
MSN: 5-993
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:6 miles NW of Paris, TX -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Paris Municipal Airport, TX
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The left wing hit an oak tree at low altitude and in a turn, the wing was sheared off and the plane crashed out of control and caught fire.

Sources:

https://books.google.nl/books?id=SN3pjjyw9e8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Gage&f=false

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