14 killed in crash of airplane in Philippines
Manila Rescuers in central Philippines are working through the night, scrambling to find survivors of today’s deadly mudslides. At least 15 bodies have been found, but more than a thousand villagers are still missing. Leyte Governor said trees were sliding down upright with the mud. The ...
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A Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress, similar to Colin Kelly’s 40-2045. The Air Corps began camouflaging its B-17s in olive drab and neutral gray during Spring 1941. (U.S. Air Force) ¹ 10 December in the Commonwealth of the Philippines, which is west of the International Date Line. This...
, named "Southern Wave", could not be brought to a stop on the remaining runway and overran the runway at a speed of 40 knots. The Super Constellation bounced over a low embankment, crashed into a gulley and caught fire. Of the 38 passengers and 12 crew all survived the crash....
The Catalina Affair is the name given to a Cold War incident in which a Swedish Air Force PBY Catalina was shot down by Soviet fighters over the Baltic Sea in June 1952 while investigating the earlier crash of a Swedish Douglas DC-3. ...
A second attempt on 14 October 1943 would later come to be known as "Black Thursday.” Of the 291 attacking Fortresses, 59 were shot down over Germany, one ditched in the English Channel, five crashed in England, and 12 more were scrapped due to battle damage or crash-landings (more by...
a CANT Z.1007 bomber on 6 June. The claim was not officially recognized, as the crash of the CANT was not witnessed. The first official victory occurred on 8 June, when Hamlyn and Flt Sgt Tom Paxton destroyed a CANT Z.1007 from 211a Squadriglia of the Regia Aeronautica, over Alexandri...
On 16 April 1961 six Super Sabres were deployed from Clark Air Base in the Philippines to Don Muang Airfield in Thailand for air defense purposes; the first F-100s to enter combat in Southeast Asia. From that date until their redeployment in 1971, the F-100s would be the longest serving...