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Date: | Tuesday 5 January 1954 |
Time: | c. 18:00 |
Type: | Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing |
Owner/operator: | Springfield Feeder Lines, Inc. |
Registration: | N9450H |
MSN: | 6764 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Brunswick, NJ -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Bradley Field, Windsor Looks, CT |
Destination airport: | Byrd Field, Richmont, VA via Trenton, NJ |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Single engined bi-plane on cargo flight missing in icy conditions. Pilot Samuel Zilkin (46). Owner Springfield Daily News under contract with Springfield Feeder Lines, Inc. Last contact with La Guardia Field 17:38. Landing at Trenton refused due to weather. Scattered wreckage was found on a farm field at North Brunswick 12 JAN.
Sources:
The Free Lance-Star 7 January 1954, p1...12 January, p3
Evening Star 7 January 1954, pA3
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Apr-2021 20:42 |
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02-Apr-2021 21:40 |
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