Narrative:
Mid-air collision with a USAF Lockheed F-94B Starfire (51-5407) at an altitude of 5000-7000 feet.
Loss of control
» Chicago Tribune, April 10, 1952
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 9 April 1952 |
| Type: |  Douglas VC-47A (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 42-93809 |
| MSN: | 13762 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Camp Edwards, MA ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Falmouth-Otis AFB, MA (FMH/KFMH), United States of America |
| Niagara Falls International Airport, NY (IAG/KIAG), United States of America |
Mid-air collision with a USAF Lockheed F-94B Starfire (51-5407) at an altitude of 5000-7000 feet.
Classification:
Mid air collisionLoss of control
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» Chicago Tribune, April 10, 1952
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Falmouth-Otis AFB, MA to Niagara Falls International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 705 km (441 miles).
Distance from Falmouth-Otis AFB, MA to Niagara Falls International Airport, NY as the crow flies is 705 km (441 miles).
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