U.S. AIR COLLISION CAUSES 12 DEATHS
(Rec. 11.40). NEW YORK. Auo. 5. At least eleven were killed to-night when a Navy DC 3 transport and a small private trainer aircraft collided near Miami, in Florida. The two men in the trainer bailed out and escaped unhurt. The Navy refuses to disclose the number aboard the transport, but 11 bodies have already been recovered. An eye-witness said that the small plane suddenly shot up, and climbed right into the transport, which plummeted to the ground. The pilot managed to right it. and it began to climb. "Then it nosed down again, ripped into the ground, and burst into flames.
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Grey River Argus, 7 August 1948, Page 3
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