What the records say
- When
- 22 Apr 1947
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 32.51° N, 84.94° W
- Description
- Aviation disaster above Muscogee County Airport
1947 Columbus mid-air collision
Aviation disaster in Georgia, US
On April 22, 1947, a Douglas DC-3 of Delta Air Lines and a Vultee BT-13 Valiant of the Tuskegee Aviation Institute collided in mid-air above Muscogee County Airport in Georgia, United States, and crashed. All nine people on board the two aircraft, including eight Delta executives, were killed in the accident.
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