Pacoima aircraft accident

31 Jan 1957 · 34.25° N, 118.43° W

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When: 31 Jan 1957
Kind: Air disaster
Coordinates: 34.25° N, 118.43° W
Description: Mid-air collision

1957 Pacoima mid-air collision

Mid-air collision over Pacoima, California, United States

On January 31, 1957, a Douglas DC-7B operated by Douglas Aircraft Company was involved in a mid-air collision with a United States Air Force Northrop F-89 Scorpion and crashed into the schoolyard of Pacoima Junior High School located in Pacoima, a suburban area in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California.

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1957 Pacoima mid-air collision

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