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WW II-era fighter plane crash kills 2 in Texas
WASHINGTON, Nov 18, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A World War II-era fighter plane
crashed on Saturday into a Texas parking lot, killing a veteran and one other
person, local media and officials said.
The US National Transportation Safety Board said it was investigating the
crash of “a North American P-51D” in the city of Fredericksburg.
The P-51 Mustang served in the Pacific and other theaters of World War II,
as well as during the Korean War.
Fredericksburg is home to the National Museum of the Pacific War, which
said on Twitter that there were two victims, one of whom was a veteran.
“At this time we have no further information,” the museum tweeted.
According to the museum website, an outdoor show about the “equipment and
weapons” used in the Pacific theater, including a battle re-enactment, was to
take place Saturday.
Attempts to reach the museum for further comment were not immediately
successful.
Pictures from the San Antonio Express-News showed wreckage of the silver
plane in a parking lot, where vehicles appeared damaged.
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