Crash of a Cessna AT-17 Bobcat near Aberdeen: 2 killed
Date & Time:
May 3, 1942
Registration:
42-214
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane suffered an in-flight structural failure and crashed 8 km south of Aberdeen. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Leroy Chapman,
2nd Lt Gerald L. Gray.
Crew:
2nd Lt Leroy Chapman,
2nd Lt Gerald L. Gray.
Probable cause:
Structural failure in flight.