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| Date: | Thursday 11 September 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C-45F Expeditor |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lake Ontario, near Oswego -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bedford, Massachusetts |
| Griffins Air Force Base near Rome, New York |
One of its two engines failed during the flight and the crew parachuted out. The aircraft flew on automatic pilot for more than an hour before it crashed into the lake off Oswego.
The submerged wreckage was found in 2014.
Sources:
http://13wham.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/plane-found-lake-ontario-13643.shtml
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Explorers-find-1952-US-plane-wreck-in-Lake-Ontario-5606237.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2014 06:36 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Jul-2014 14:10 | gerard57 | Updated [Date, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
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