Crash of a Cessna AT-17 Bobcat near Reese AFB: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 14, 1943
Registration:
42-173
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Reese AFB - Reese AFB
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While on a training exercise out from Reese AFB, the twin engine airplane suffered a structural failure and crashed 6 km south of the airbase. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Robert C. Morrison Jr.,
Avc Robert D. Hodges Jr.
Crew:
2nd Lt Robert C. Morrison Jr.,
Avc Robert D. Hodges Jr.
Probable cause:
Structural failure in flight.