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Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando near Slater: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 22, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
43-47184
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Sedalia - Sedalia
MSN:
255
YOM:
1945
Location:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While performing a local training mission from Sedalia AFB, the crew lost control of the aircraft that crashed and burnt in a field located 5 miles north of Slater. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Roger J. Bernard,
Maj Thomas L. White.