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Crash of a Beechcraft AT-10-BH Wichita in Seymour: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 17, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
41-27095
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Seymour - Seymour
MSN:
2370
YOM:
1943
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight at Seymour-Freeman Airfield. Almost immediately after takeoff, the twin engine airplane entered a steep climb then stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. A pilot was killed and a second was injured.
Crew:
2nd Lt Francis M. Costello, pilot +2.

Crash of a Beechcraft AT-10-BH Wichita in Seymour

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
41-26920
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2195
YOM:
1943
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Ground looped after landing with faulty brakes and came to rest upside down. The airplane was destroyed and there were no fatalities.

Crash of a Beechcraft AT-10-BH Wichita in Seymour

Date & Time: Mar 8, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
41-26932
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2207
YOM:
1943
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft crashed on landing at Freeman Airfield and was destroyed. There were no fatalities.