Information from Joe Baugher's web site
B-32 Flight Crew Transition Training School [OM34], 2519th Base Unit, Fort Worth Field, TX. The aircraft was making a series of takeoffs and landings at Fort Worth Field when it crashed 8Mar45. During the seventh landing a crew member reported the smell of smoke. Although no fire could be found, the pilot left the circuit to gain altitude while the problem was investigated. At 5,000 feet a fire was reported in the ? 3 engine. The fire could not be extinguished nor the propeller feathered; the crew was ordered to bail out
Aeroplane Photo Supply No. 3548
