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The Memphis 13 are the group of young children who integrated the schools of Memphis, Tennessee. On October 3, 1961, 13 African-American first grade students were enrolled in schools that were previously all white. The schools that the students attended were Bruce, Gordon, Rozelle, and Springdale elementary schools. [1]
The crash occurred while attempting to land during a rainstorm at approximately 1920 hrs. The Air Force said that five of the crew members survived because the nose of the plane broke off of the flaming fuselage. [211] 12 May "Ten navy flyers escaped today when their patrol plane was forced to ditch in the Sea of Japan off Oki Island. A ...
Douglas R5D-2 Skymaster, BuNo 39116, 'WC 116', on flight from MCAS El Toro, California to NAS Alameda, in low overcast and drizzle, strikes Sunol Ridge on ranch c. 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Niles, California at 13:45. Aircraft broke up and burned, killing 35, all but one of them Marines.
All 11 people on board (eight passengers and three crew) were killed. The cause of the crash was determined to be icing, either on the wings or propellers. [22] February 10, 1944: American Airlines Flight 2, a DC-3 routing Little Rock, Arkansas-Memphis crashed into the Mississippi River about 18.1 miles (29.1 km) from Memphis International ...
1961 Malév Hungarian Airlines Douglas C-47 Skytrain crash; 1961 Mineralnye Vody Il-18 crash; A. Aero Flight 311; Aeroflot Flight 068; Aeroflot Flight 245;
Memphis, Tennessee: 25.96 people killed per 100,000 residents Detroit : 21.47 people killed per 100,000 residents Albuquerque, New Mexico : 18.11 people per 100,000 residents
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The crash of a Bell P-39 Airacobra out of Victorville Army Air Field, California, kills Flight Officer Ruben Herrera, 23, of La Mesa, New Mexico, with the fighter coming down 20 miles W of the base, at approximately 1900 hrs., during routine training manoeuvers. Wreckage found at 0900 hrs. 13 July by search aircraft.