ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219774
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Date: | Sunday 18 May 1947 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Vought F4U-1D |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 92078 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Burlington, IA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
Departure airport: | Lambert Field, St Louis, MO |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hit two houses across a street and crashed into schoolyard when taking part in a naval air show. Two boys killed and five injured. Pilot killed.
Sources:
The Indian Express 20 May 1947, p4
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11088890/1947-may-19-airplane-crash-perkins/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Dec-2018 18:12 |
TB |
Added |
05-Jan-2022 16:56 |
Cobar |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
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