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;19 July:[[RAF]] [[Bristol Brigand TF.1]], ''RH742'', assigned to the [[A&AEE]], piloted by F/L T. Morren, failed to pull out of firing pass during exercise in the [[Lyme Bay]] area off the [[Dorset]] coast, entered slow roll and lost speed while inverted, into spiral dive into sea, killing both crew. It was thought that one of the dive brakes may have failed. This was the first fatal accident in the type.<ref name=autogenerated9>Crouchman, Alan F., "Last of the 'Colonial Policemen'?", ''Air Enthusiast'' No.83, Stamford, Lincs., UK, September/October 1999, pp.22–23.</ref>
;21 July :"[[Buenos Aires|BUENOS AIRES]], July 21, ([[Associated Press|AP]]) - Seventeen persons were killed today in the crash of an [[Argentine]] army four-engine transport plane as it took off, plunged into a crowd and burst into flames during army maneuvers at [[El Palomar Airport|El Palomar airfield]]. Three of the victims, a government communique said, were civilian spectators. The other dead were military personnel and war department employes [sic]."<ref>Associated Press, "Argentine Plane Crashes, 17 Die", ''The San Bernardino Daily Sun'', San Bernardino, California, Tuesday 22 July 1947, Volume 53, page 1.</ref>
;25 July:First (of two) [[North American XP-82 Twin Mustang]]s, ''44-83886'', c/n 120-43742, of the 611 AAF Base Unit, crash lands at [[Eglin Field]], Florida.<ref name="att2">{{cite web|url=http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/1944_6.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991008085346/http://home.att.net:80/~jbaugher/1944_6.html |archive-date=1999-10-08 |dead-url=yes |title=1944 USAAF Serial Numbers (44-83886 to 44-92098) |accessdate=10 October 2015}}</ref>
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