Crash of a Lockheed R5O-5 LodeStar in Flemington: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 1, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
12462
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2313
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
10
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
While in cruising altitude, the airplane caught fire for unknown reasons (a fire of unknown origin). Four passengers and the copilot were able to bail out and parachuted to safety. Seven other people where killed after the airplane dove into the ground and crashed in a corn field.
The five who survived where:
Lt Kenneth Cotton, copilot,
Ens Ardis Durham,
Ac1 Roman Somtolski,
Ac3 Bernard La Prairie,
Ac3 Roland Holmes.
The five who survived where:
Lt Kenneth Cotton, copilot,
Ens Ardis Durham,
Ac1 Roman Somtolski,
Ac3 Bernard La Prairie,
Ac3 Roland Holmes.
Probable cause:
In-flight fire of unknown origin.
