Date & Time: Mar 2, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Martin B-26 Marauder
Operator:
Registration:
41-17715
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Crashed on takeoff and crashed in Avon Park. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Eugene J. Laurier,
2nd Lt William H. Wahl.
2nd Lt Jeffery J. Fitzpatrick,
S/Sgt Thomas M. Brown,
Sgt James J. Gorman.