41-35142

On April 9, 1944 at 02:20 PM, 41-35142 experienced a crash involving Martin B-26 Marauder, operated by United States Army Air Forces - USAAF, with the event recorded near Falkville Alabama.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. En route, while cruising in a stormy weather, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field. All eight crew were killed. According to eye-witnesses, the accident occurred while the airplane was flying into adverse weather conditions with thunderstorm activity and turbulence.

Aircraft reference details include registration 41-35142.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.3684°, -86.9086°.