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| Date: | Thursday 30 July 1942 |
| Time: | c. 08:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing 247 (C-73) |
| Owner/operator: | Northwest Airlines |
| Registration: | 42-68369 |
| MSN: | 1717 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wold Chamberlain AP, Minneapolis, MN -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Wold Chamberlain Airport |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed on take-off and burnt. Two crew and eight Northwest employes.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_3a.html
The Evening Independent 30 July 1942, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Mar-2010 12:31 | TB | Added |
| 22-Mar-2010 12:54 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 23-Mar-2010 14:49 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, ] |
| 06-Mar-2012 07:34 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Mar-2012 08:10 | TB | Updated [Date, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Nov-2013 14:59 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 12-Sep-2016 17:02 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
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