ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189237
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| Date: | Monday 23 December 1940 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Piper J-3 Cub |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | NC27962 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Deep Creek near Floyd Bennett, NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Floyd Bennett Field, NY |
| Floyd Bennett Field, NY |
Crashed in Jamaica Bay after collision with Navy training airplane N3N-3. Instructor Eddie August Schneider (29) and student, George Wilson Herzog (37).
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreón 24 December 1940, p3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_August_Schneider
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eddie_August_Schneider_(1911-1940)_in_the_Daily_News_of_New_York_City,_New_York_on_24_December_1940.jpg
https://books.google.nl/books?id=gYA38kApOaoC&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=providence+ri+plane+crash+december+22+1940&source=bl&ots=5wYMYHUfZ6&sig=ACfU3U1ayj-PnWOIadhqOoP-xbzt3aXrhg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwijit_nmcD0AhWxg_0HHaMuBTMQ6AF6BAgCEAM#v=onepage&q=providence%20ri%20plane%20crash%20december%2022%201940&f=false
Images:
Jamaica Bay
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2016 19:30 | TB | Added |
| 16-Jun-2019 16:38 | Richard Arthur Norto | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 16-Jun-2019 18:45 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Sep-2021 20:08 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 30-Nov-2021 14:10 | Cobar | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
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