What the records say
- When
- 20 Jun 1944
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 45.96° N, 68.97° W
- Description
- 1944 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 7
TWA Flight 277
1944 aviation accident
Transcontinental and Western Air Flight 277 was a C-54 Skymaster en route from Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, to Washington, D.C., on June 20, 1944. The aircraft crashed on Fort Mountain, in Maine's Baxter State Park. All seven on board died, including six civilian crewmembers and one United States Army Air Force passenger.
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