ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 92575
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 October 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper L-4 Grasshopper |
| Owner/operator: | Headquarters, Fifth Army, US Army |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Latina -
 Italy
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On the morning of 26 October 1943, an assistant artillery air officer at Headquarters, Fifth Army, Capt James Hanford Hall, took off with the Fifth Army artillery S-4, Maj Thomas James Webster, as a passenger. En route to a division airfield in the Volturno River Valley, they encountered a sudden fog. Disoriented, and without sufficient navigational aids, Hall flew his L-4 into the side of a mountain near the village of Latina. Hall was killed outright, and Webster lived until the next day. Hall was a very experienced pilot. He had graduated from Pilot Class 3 at Fort Sill and had served as a flight instructor at both the II Corps and Fifth Army Air Observation Post Schools.
Sources:
"Eyes of Artillery: The Origins of Modern U.S. Army Aviation in World War II", by Edgar F. Raines, ISBN 978-0160503436, page 173
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/3582832/james-hanford-hall
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/81935443/thomas-james-webster
http://www.maplandia.com/italy/campania/caserta/latina/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2021 15:58 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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