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  2. Douglas DC-2 - Wikipedia

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    The Douglas DC-2 is a 14-passenger, twin-engined airliner that was produced by the American company Douglas Aircraft Company starting in 1934. It competed with the Boeing 247 . In 1935, Douglas produced a larger version called the DC-3 , which became one of the most successful aircraft in history.

  3. 1935 San Giacomo Douglas DC-2 crash - Wikipedia

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    On 20 July 1935 a Douglas DC-2 aircraft, registration PH-AKG, operated by KLM, flying from Milano, Italy to Schiphol, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands crashed at Pian San Giacomo, Switzerland, killing all thirteen people on board, in the deadliest KLM accident at that time. It was the company's third international passenger flight accident in one ...

  4. 1934 KLM Douglas DC-2 crash - Wikipedia

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    The airplane involved Uiver was an American built Douglas DC-2. It was the 18th DC-2 built and it preceded two more orders of (14 and 3 respectively) DC-2 airplanes for KLM. It had construction number 1317 and was registered as PH-AJU. At the time, KLM named their aircraft after a bird with a name starting with the last letter of the registration.

  5. Douglas Aircraft Company - Wikipedia

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    Douglas continued to develop new aircraft, including the successful four-engined Douglas DC-6 (1946) and its last propeller-driven commercial aircraft, the Douglas DC-7 (1953). The company had moved into jet propulsion, producing its first for the U.S. Navy — the straight-winged F3D Skyknight in 1948 and then the more "jet age" style F4D ...

  6. 1938 Kyeema crash - Wikipedia

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    The Kyeema airline crash occurred on 25 October 1938 when the Australian National Airways Douglas DC-2 Kyeema, tail number VH-UYC, flying from Adelaide to Melbourne, commenced final approach to Essendon Airport through heavy fog and crashed into the western slopes of Mount Dandenong, also known as Mount Corhanwarrabul, killing all 18 on board instantly.

  7. Douglas DC-3 - Wikipedia

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    The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version of the Douglas DC-2 .

  8. Douglas B-18 Bolo - Wikipedia

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    The Douglas B-18 Bolo is an American twin-engined heavy bomber which served with the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force (as the Digby) during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company from their DC-2 as a replacement for the Martin B-10.

  9. TWA Flight 6 - Wikipedia

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    TWA Flight 6 was a Transcontinental & Western Air Douglas DC-2, on a route from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, that crashed near Atlanta, Missouri, on May 6, 1935, killing five of the thirteen people on board, including Senator Bronson M. Cutting of New Mexico. [1]