Selman City - Hugo

On January 24, 1944 at 12:00 AM, Selman City - Hugo experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, operated by United States Army Air Forces - USAAF, with the event recorded near Farmersville Texas.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

En route, while cruising at an altitude of 2,000 feet, the LodeStar registered 42-32203 collided with an USAAF Beechcraft AT-7 registered 43-33303 with 4 crew on board. Both aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie. All 10 occupants in both aircraft were killed. The reason of the occurrence is unknown.

Aircraft reference details include registration 42-32203, MSN 2293, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 33.1632°, -96.3604°.