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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
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Bedford, Massachusetts |
Destination airport: | Griffins Air Force Base near Rome, New York |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative: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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