Date in year · 1949 · The 1940s
On November 1, 1949, all 55 people on board Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 are killed when the Douglas DC-4 operating the flight collides in mid-air with a Bolivian Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft over Alexandria, Virginia. Spencer Haywood, Tommy Mottola, Holly Near would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · November 1, 1949
, via intermediate points on November 1, 1949. A Lockheed P-38 Lightning, registered NX-26927, was being test-flown for acceptance by the government of Bolivia by Erick Rios Bridoux of the Bolivian Air Force. 80 km) southwest of the threshold of Runway 3 at Washington National Airport, killing all 55 aboard the DC-4 and seriously injuring the pilot of the P-38.
Around 1949
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade.
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1949 mid-air collision
, via intermediate points on November 1, 1949. A Lockheed P-38 Lightning, registered NX-26927, was being test-flown for acceptance by the government of Bolivia by Erick Rios Bridoux of the Bolivian Air Force. 80 km) southwest of the threshold of Runway 3 at Washington National Airport, killing all 55 aboard the DC-4 and seriously injuring the pilot of the P-38.
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