Accident Details
On August 1, 1943, a Waco CG-4A military glider crashed in St. Louis, Missouri. The accident resulted in ten fatalities. The only known details from the source are the date, location, aircraft type, and number of fatalities.
Documentation
This incident is catalogued in the Wikidata aviation-safety dataset, which tracks more than three thousand documented aircraft accidents and aviation occurrences spanning the entire history of powered and unpowered flight. Cross-referencing records like this with primary investigative sources helps researchers analyse historical safety trends and identify recurring contributing factors across eras of aviation.