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Crash of a Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator near Bagdad: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
41-21052
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
MSN:
1067
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in hilly terrain some 19 km west of Bagdad, California. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Avc Robert A. Baker,
Avc Leonard H. Ballif Jr.,
1st Lt Richard Waterlow Ford,
2nd Lt William Winford Hovey,
2nd Lt Byron F. Vandenburg.