Accident Beechcraft D17 Traveler (GB-2) 12339,
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Date:Saturday 30 October 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE17 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft D17 Traveler (GB-2)
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: 12339
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:4 mi E of Mammoth, PA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:NAS Bunker Hill, IN
Destination airport:Washington, DC
Narrative:
Crashed after ran out of fuel in bad weather. Pilot Earl Ernest Caulkins (31).

Sources:

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1 November 1943, p8
AAIR (KCRW)

Revision history:

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