ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 96962
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 April 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell P-39Q Airacobra |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 42-21226 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 4 Mi N Port Huron, MI -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed during a training exercise. The pilot, Frank Moody, did not survive the crash.
The wreckage of the plane was found in Lake Huron in the year 2014.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
www.modbee.com/2014/07/30/3463681/divers-find-wreckage-of-world.html
https://www.michiganradio.org/news/2023-08-19/wreckage-from-tuskegee-airmans-plane-that-crashed-during-wwii-training-recovered-from-lake-huron
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2014 11:38 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2023 08:20 | gerard57 | Updated [[Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative]] |
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