Date & Time:
Jun 14, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Cessna T-50 Bobcat (AT-8/AT-17/UC-78 & Crane)
Registration:
42-173
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Reese AFB - Reese AFB
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
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.