06/20/1940
LOCATION: Near Ouistreham, France
CARRIER: Air France FLIGHT:
AIRCRAFT: Dewoitine D-338
REGISTRY: F-ARTD S/N: 22
ABOARD: FATAL: GROUND:
DETAILS: Inadvertently shot down by French anti-aircraft fire.
02/15/1942
LOCATION: English Channel, near Plymouth, England
CARRIER: British Overseas Airways FLIGHT:
AIRCRAFT: Consolidated Liberator
REGISTRY: G-AGDR S/N: 9
ABOARD: 9 FATAL: 9 GROUND:
DETAILS: Shot down in error.
08/13/1942
LOCATION: Algiers, Algeria
CARRIER: Air France FLIGHT:
AIRCRAFT: Liore et Olivier H-246 Air Boat
REGISTRY: F-AREJ S/N: 403
ABOARD: FATAL: 4 GROUND:
DETAILS: Attacked by Royal Air Force fighters. Crashed in the
water while attempting to land.
12/15/1944
LOCATION: English Channel
CARRIER: Military FLIGHT:
AIRCRAFT: UC-64A Noorduyn Norseman
REGISTRY: 44-70285 S/N:
ABOARD: 2 FATAL: 2 GROUND:
DETAILS: Disappeared over the English Channel en route from
Bedford England to Paris, France. Band leader and musician Glenn
Miller, 40, killed. It has been theorized the plane may have been hit
by bombs being jettisoned over the English Channel by RAF
bombers on their way home from an unsuccessful raid.
07/30/1949
LOCATION: Chesterfield, New Jersey
CARRIER: Eastern Air Lines / USN FLIGHT:
AIRCRAFT: Douglas DC-3 / F-6F
REGISTRY: N19963/BU72887 S/N: 2260 / ?
ABOARD: 17 FATAL: 17 GROUND:
DETAILS: Midair collision with a US Navy F-6F. The F-6F was
buzzing a small private aircraft which was cruising below the DC-3.
The F-6F had pulled up into a climbing turn and collided with the
DC-3. Sixteen killed on the DC-3, one on the F-6F. Reckless
conduct of the Navy pilot in performing aerobatic maneuvers on a
civil airway.
11/01/1949
LOCATION: Arlington, Virginia
CARRIER: Eastern Air Lines / US Air Force FLIGHT: 537
AIRCRAFT: Douglas C-54B / USAF P-38
REGISTRY: N88727/NX26927 S/N: 18365 /
ABOARD: 56 FATAL: 55 GROUND:
DETAILS: Midair collision. The pilot of the P-38 survived and was
accused of causing the accident by executing a straight in approach
without proper clearance. He was later tried and cleared of the
charges. George Bates, U.S. Representative from Massachuttes and
Michael Kennedy, U.S. Representative from New York killed.
07/27/1953 12:30
LOCATION: Near Kanggye, North Korea
CARRIER: Aeroflot FLIGHT:
AIRCRAFT: Ilyushin IL-12
REGISTRY: S/N:
ABOARD: 21 FATAL: 21 GROUND:
DETAILS: Shot down by a U.S. Air Force F-86 jet fighter towards
the end of the Korean War. The Russian government claimed the
plane was over Chinese air space.
04/21/1958 08:30
LOCATION: Near Sloan, 10 miles SW of Las Vegas, Nevada
CARRIER: United Air Lines / U.S. Air Force FLIGHT: 736
AIRCRAFT: Douglas DC-7 / F-100F
REGISTRY: N6328C/56-3755 S/N: 45142 /
ABOARD: 47 FATAL: 47 GROUND:
DETAILS: The DC-7 was en route from Los Angeles to Denver
flying at 21,000 ft. The military jet was on a training mission being
conducted under VFR. The fighter initiated an evasive maneuver
just prior to colliding with the airliner. The F-100 pilot ejected
safely. All forty-seven aboard the DC-7 were killed. Inability of
both aircraft flying under VFR conditions to see and avoid each
other.
05/20/1958 11:29
LOCATION: Brunswick, Maryland
CARRIER: Capital Airlines / Air National Guard FLIGHT: 300
AIRCRAFT: Vickers Viscount 745D / T-33A
REGISTRY: N7410/53-5966 S/N: 108
ABOARD: 13 FATAL: 12 GROUND:
DETAILS: Midair collision at 8,000 ft. four miles ENE of
Brunswick. Failure of the T-33A pilot to exercise a proper see and
avoid procedure to avoid other traffic. One aboard the T-33 ejected
safely, all aboard the Viscount were killed.
02/25/1960 13:07
LOCATION: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
CARRIER: REAL / U.S. Navy FLIGHT:
AIRCRAFT: Douglas DC-3 / USN R-6D
REGISTRY: PP-AXD/131582 S/N: 13326 / 43685-307
ABOARD: 64 FATAL: 61 GROUND:
DETAILS: Midair collision between a DC-3 and a US Navy R-6D.
The pilot of the USN plane disobeyed instructions transmitted by Rio
Approach Control. The Navy disagreed and placed no blame on
either pilot.
09/20/1969 c 16:00
LOCATION: Near Hoi An, Vietnam
CARRIER: Air Vietnam (South Vietnam) FLIGHT:
AIRCRAFT: Douglas DC-4 / USAF F-4E
REGISTRY: XV-NUG S/N: 10860
ABOARD: 77 FATAL: 75 GROUND: 2
DETAILS: Midair collision. The F-4E landed safely. The DC-4
crashed killing all seventy-five aboard and two on the ground.
Misconstrued instruction on landing by the DC-4.
06/06/1971 18:11
LOCATION: Near Duarte, California
CARRIER: Hughes Airwest / US Marine Air Corps FLIGHT:
706
AIRCRAFT: Douglas DC-9-31 / F4-B
REGISTRY: N9345/151458 S/N: 47441 /
ABOARD: 51 FATAL: 50 GROUND:
DETAILS: The DC-9 was climbing to FL 330 under radar control of
the LA ARTCC and the F4-B was en route to El Toro under VFR.
Visibility was good with no clouds. The collision took place at
15,500 feet. One of two killed on the F4. Forty-nine killed aboard
the DC-9. Failure of both crews to see and avoid each other and an
inoperable transponder on the F4.
02/11/1972 13:20
LOCATION: Near Vientiane, Laos
CARRIER: Royal Air Lao FLIGHT:
AIRCRAFT: Douglas DC-4
REGISTRY: XW-TDE S/N: 43126
ABOARD: 23 FATAL: 23 GROUND:
DETAILS: Shot down while flying at 10,000 feet.
07/03/1988 10:55
LOCATION: Persian Gulf
CARRIER: Iran Air FLIGHT: 655
AIRCRAFT: Airbus A300B2-202
REGISTRY: EP-IBU S/N: 186
ABOARD: 290 FATAL: 290 GROUND:
DETAILS: Shot down by the U.S. Navy vessel U.S.S. Vincennes
with a surface-to-air missile.
