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Crash of a Cessna UC-78B Bobcat on Mt Potts: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
42-71749
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
MSN:
4445
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances on Mt Potts, at the border between Virginia and West Virginia. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Maj Robert M. Bell,
Maj James P. Citta,
Cpt Jere A. Wells Jr.