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Box 2

 Container

Contains 53 Results:

Accident reports - Report for January 16, 1942. A Douglas DC-3 (NC-1946) operated by Transcontinental and Western Airlines crashed near Las Vegas, Nevada while on a scheduled carrier service from New York City and Los Angeles, California (with intermediate stops). The pilot, Wayne C. Williams, both members of his crew and all 19 passengers were killed , July 1942

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 17
Contents From the Series: This series contains Aircraft Accident Reports from the Bureau of Air Commerce and the Civil Aeronautics Board, circa 1937 to 1944. These items were formerly stored in the original envelopes that the reports were sent to Colonel Moore in. The original order of these items has been preserved - they are organized in the order Col. Moore received them. Note that reports were often filed months after the actual accident occurred. The first seven (7) folders contain a mix of reports from full...
Dates: July 1942

Accident reports: continued -- Seven (7) minor incident reports and four (4) Safety Bulletins from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C., July 1942

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 18
Contents From the Series: This series contains Aircraft Accident Reports from the Bureau of Air Commerce and the Civil Aeronautics Board, circa 1937 to 1944. These items were formerly stored in the original envelopes that the reports were sent to Colonel Moore in. The original order of these items has been preserved - they are organized in the order Col. Moore received them. Note that reports were often filed months after the actual accident occurred. The first seven (7) folders contain a mix of reports from full...
Dates: July 1942

Accident reports, July 1942

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 19
Contents Nine (9) minor incident reports and one (1) Safety Bulletin concerning monthly fatality statistics from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. Dated July 1942.Report for May 1, 1942. A Douglas (DC-3) DST-A (Douglas Sleeper Transport) (NC-18146) operated by United Air Lines crashed near Salt Lake City, Utah while on a scheduled carrier service from San Francisco, California to New York, New York (with intermediate stops including Salt Lake City, Utah and Oakland,...
Dates: July 1942

August 1942 -- Five (5) minor incident reports and one (1) Safety Bulletin from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. , August 7, 1942

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 20
Contents From the Series: This series contains Aircraft Accident Reports from the Bureau of Air Commerce and the Civil Aeronautics Board, circa 1937 to 1944. These items were formerly stored in the original envelopes that the reports were sent to Colonel Moore in. The original order of these items has been preserved - they are organized in the order Col. Moore received them. Note that reports were often filed months after the actual accident occurred. The first seven (7) folders contain a mix of reports from full...
Dates: August 7, 1942

Accident reports, September 1942

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 21
Contents Five (5) minor incident reports from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. Dated September 23, 1942.Five (5) minor incident reports from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. Dated September 17, 1942.Three (3) minor incident reports from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. Dated September 21, 1942.Report for March 2, 1942. A Douglas DC-3 (NC-21788) operated by Pennsylvania-Central Airlines crashed at the Detroit City...
Dates: September 1942

September 1942, continued -- Report for April 11, 1942. A Douglas DC-3A (NC-16064) operated by United Air Lines crashed at La Guardia Field, New York while on a scheduled air carrier service from Chicago, Illinois to New York City (with a stop in Cleveland, Ohio). The pilot, Douglas Wilson, received minor injuries while the first officer and stewardess received serious injuries. The 6 passengers on board were not injured, September 1942

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 22
Contents From the Series: This series contains Aircraft Accident Reports from the Bureau of Air Commerce and the Civil Aeronautics Board, circa 1937 to 1944. These items were formerly stored in the original envelopes that the reports were sent to Colonel Moore in. The original order of these items has been preserved - they are organized in the order Col. Moore received them. Note that reports were often filed months after the actual accident occurred. The first seven (7) folders contain a mix of reports from full...
Dates: September 1942

Accident reports, September 1942

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 23
Contents

Report from the Civil Aeronautics Board concerning non-air carrier accidents in 1941. Dated September 14, 1942.

Four (4) minor incident reports from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. Dated September 14, 1942.

Five (5) minor incident reports from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. Dated September 17, 1942.

Dates: September 1942

Accident reports, October 1942

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 24
Contents Report for June 27, 1942. A Douglas DC-3 (NC-17320) operated by Transcontinental and Western Air crashed near Dayton, Ohio while on a scheduled air carrier flight from New York City to Los Angeles, California (with intermediate stops). The pilot, Norman A. Hortman, his 2 crew members, and the 15 passengers were not harmed.One (1) minor incident report from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. Dated October 10, 1942.Report for August 13, 1942. A Piper J-5A...
Dates: October 1942

Accident reports, November - December 1942

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 25
Contents Five (5) minor incident reports and one (1) Safety Bulletin from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. Dated December 2, 1942.Report for August 22, 1942. Two Piper J-3L Cubs (NC-30286 and NC-35893) collided in mid-air near Rockville, Maryland while on training flights. The pilot of NC-30286, Iley Sanford McCroskey, and his student were killed. The pilot of NC-35893, Arthur Klein, and his student were both unharmed. Five (5) minor incident reports from the...
Dates: November - December 1942

Accident reports, December 1942

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 26
Contents One (1) Safety Bulletin from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. No date.Report on fatal accidents for November 1942 from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. December 14, 1942.Report on fatal accidents for October 1942 from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. November 9, 1942.Five (5) minor incident reports from the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. Dated December 7, 1942.Four (4) minor incident...
Dates: December 1942

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