ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 102086
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| Date: | Monday 13 April 1931 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Curtiss A-3 Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) |
| Registration: | 27-302 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 8 mi NE of Newport News, VA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
BomB Stuck and crew bailed out.
Date Corrected: 13th April 1931 NOT 15th April 1931 as per link
Abilene Reporter-News Details, Texas, Tues Apr 14, 1931 Page 1
Bomb Sticks, In Plane; Aviators Leap to Safety NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 13 (1931).--An army, bomber pilot and his passenger this afternoon escaped m parachutes when a bomb stuck in the releasing device and- could not be -disengaged. Fearing to land with the bomb clanging- beneath the plane, the occupants. Captain Robert G. Breene, air corps, . and Major Charles; A French coast artillery. decided .to jump.' They reached the ground safely; Some distance away, the empty "plane crashed and was demolished by the charge. The accident occurred during maneuvers. (By ike Associated Press)
Crew
Capt. Robert Gale Breene #O-9680
Major Charles Augustus French O-3250
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/56370542/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2020 09:29 | paulmcmillan | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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