MSG 35 WA 234 FEB 3
1943
COLUMBIA ARMY AIR BASE COLUMBIA
SOCAR FEB 031455Z
GR-138
CC AAF WASHINGTON DC
CLBA F050 R PERIOD B-25 D 41-29828
PILOT SECOND LT PAUL M PITTS DEPARTED COLUMBIA ARMY AIR
BASE 1948 EWT SECOND FEB 1943 NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY
RETURNING TO COLUMBIA ARMY AIR BASE VIA FLORENCE RALEIGH
LYNCHBURG GREENSBORO PERIOD ESTIMATED TIME ENROUTE THREE
HOURS AND TEN MINUTES PERIOD REPORTED OVER RALEIGH AT
2058 EWT PERIOD WEATHER CAVU OVER ENTIRE ROUTE PERIOD
EMERGENCY WARNING SEND BY COLUMBIA RADIO AT 0043 EWT
PERIOD ACCIDENT NOTICE SENT BY COLUMBIA RADIO AT 0123 EWT
PERIOD AIRPLANE LAST REPORTED OVER RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA
AT 2058 EWT PERIOD UNIDENTIFIED AIRPLANE REPORTED CRASHED
TWELVE MILES NORTH OF BEDFORD VIRGINIA PERIOD OFFICERS
FROM ROANOKE VIRGINIA INVESTIGATING ABOVE CRASH PERIOD CO
PILOT SECOND LT WILLIAM C MCCLURE BOMBARDIER SECOND LT
GEORGE R BENINGA NAVIGATOR HILARY S BLACKWELL ENGINEER
CPL PETER J BISCAN PERIOD AFACG NOTIFIED PERIOD
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