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On January 31, 1957, a Douglas DC-7B operated by Douglas Aircraft Company was involved in a mid-air collision with a United States Air Force Northrop F-89 Scorpion and crashed into the schoolyard of Pacoima Junior High School located in Pacoima, a suburban area in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] [3]
National Airlines Flight 967, a DC-7B on a flight from Tampa, Florida, to New Orleans, crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. All 42 occupants perished. Although sabotage was suspected, no definite cause of the crash was determined due to a lack of evidence. The aircraft was owned by Delta Air Lines. [22] February 26, 1960
The DC-7B remains airborne for several minutes, dropping debris into neighborhoods below, before crashing into the grounds of a church and the athletic field of Pacoima Junior High School in the Pacoima district of Los Angeles, California, where 220 boys are gathered; the crash kills all four people on the plane and three boys on the ground ...
Archie Raymond Twitchell (November 28, 1906 – January 31, 1957) was a pilot for over three decades between the 1920s and the 1950s. He also had a second profession as a movie actor. He was a captain in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He was killed in the 1957 Pacoima mid-air collision.
TWA Flight 694 / Private DC-3: Climb United States Boone County, Kentucky: June 30, 1956: 128: 0 UA Flight 718 / TWA Flight 2. Cruise United States Grand Canyon, Arizona January 31, 1957: 8: 0 Douglas Aircraft Company DC-7B / Northrop F-89J Scorpion: Cruise United States Pacoima, Los Angeles, California April 21, 1958: 49: 0
The crash, involving a US Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane, has left investigators scratching their heads to determine what went wrong and analysts questioning the safety ...
31 January 1957 San Fernando Valley, California, U.S. Douglas DC-7B and Northrop F-89J Scorpion: 3 4 7 † 3 Syerston Avro Vulcan crash [146] 20 September 1958 RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire, England Avro Vulcan: 3 5 8 † 0 Flying Tiger Line Flight 183 [147] 14 December 1962 North Hollywood, California, U.S. Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation ...
Three U.S. soldiers were also killed in the crash, with the U.S. Army identifying two of the three as Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Georgia, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew ...