Mid-air collision Incident Elias EM-1 A-5905,
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Date:Friday 5 May 1922
Time:15:00
Type:Elias EM-1
Owner/operator:US Navy
Registration: A-5905
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Potomac River near Giesboro Point, Washington DC -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Ancostia, NAS, DC
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mid air collision with another USN seaplane and crashed landed into the river.

Sources:

https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/listPages/navy/asp/USN_1922.asp
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026749/1922-05-06/ed-1/?sp=3&r=0.03,0.412,0.585,0.33,0

Revision history:

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