Crash of a Cessna AT-17 Bobcat in Cherry Lake: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 14, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
42-131
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Moody AFB - Marianna
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a night navigation mission from Moody AFB to Marianna, Florida, with 39 other aircraft. While trying to avoid thunderstorm activity in the area, the crew lost control of the airplane that crashed north of Cherry Lake. Both crew members, Royal Air Force cadets, were killed.
