This Day in Aviation History
November 1st, 1949
A Lockheed P-38 Lightning collides in midair with an Eastern Airlines Douglas DC-4.

Eastern Air Lines Flight 537, registration N88727, was a Douglas DC-4 aircraft en route from Boston, Massachusetts to Washington, D.C. via intermediate points on November 1, 1949. NX-26927 was a Lockheed P-38 Lightning being test-flown for acceptance by the Government of Bolivia by Erick Rios Bridoux of the Bolivian Air Force. The two aircraft collided in mid-air at an altitude of 300 feet about half a mile 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. At the time it was the deadliest airliner incident in United States history….

Source:
Wikipedia, Eastern Air Lines Flight 537: http://gstv.us/1MzfIND

YouTube, Eastern Airplanes And Bolivian Military ‘plane Collision AKA Plane Crash (1949): http://gstv.us/2fuGhbQ

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