Accident Curtiss O-52 Owl 40-2806,
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Date:Tuesday 3 February 1942
Time:13:35
Type:Curtiss O-52 Owl
Owner/operator:392th (S)Sqn USAAF
Registration: 40-2806
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:2 miles south of Brooks Field, Texas -   United States of America
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:AAF Brooks Field, TX
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Lost speed during initial climb, then mushed in. Both crew killed:
2/LT Charles Steen Jr. O-433420 (pilot)
1/LT William H Sills O-290144 (observer)

Sources:

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Aug-2011 00:02 Airintel Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Narrative]
16-Feb-2012 03:50 Nepa Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative]
27-Jan-2021 20:15 Anon. Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]

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