What the records say
- When
- 12 Jul 1945
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 34.23° N, 79.97° W
- Description
- mid-air collision
- Deaths
- 1
Eastern Air Lines Flight 45
1945 mid-air collision
Eastern Air Lines Flight 45 was a domestic commercial airline flight that had a mid-air collision with a USAAF A-26 Invader bomber over northeastern South Carolina on July 12, 1945, forcing an emergency landing in a field by the airliner, and resulting in the crash of the bomber. One airline passenger and two bomber crewmen were killed.
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