Accident Piper J-4A Cub Coupe NC26738,
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Date:Thursday 20 May 1943
Time:07:50
Type:Piper J-4A Cub Coupe
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: NC26738
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near Greensburg, PA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Booser Airport, Windber, PA
Destination airport:Latrobe, PA
Narrative:
Lost control in fog at low altitude while in a steep climb, hit trees at 50ft and crashed. Pilot not instrument rated.

Sources:

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

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