Crash of a Lockheed RB-34 Ventura near Smithfield: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 5, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
41-38116
Survivors:
No
MSN:
137-4722
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
During a training sortie, the Lockheed RB-34 Ventura went out of control and crashed into the Wolf Hill Forest Reserve, south of Smithfield. All three crew members were killed.
