ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335691
| Date: | Saturday 5 January 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-2 Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 122443 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Burtonwood RAF Station (BUT) -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Burtonwood RAF Station (BUT/EGOB) |
A Lockheed P2V-2 Neptune (122443) operated by the United States Navy undershot the runway during a hot landing at RAF Burtonwood and collided with a USAF Douglas C-47 (42-100912). One crew member on the Neptune and Six others on the C-47 were killed. Fifteen others were injured, 11 on the Neptune and 4 on the C-47.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
vpnavy.com
Chicago Tribune, 6-1-1952
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