Midair Collision
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N 43° 34.199 W 096° 44.681
14T E 682121 N 4826584
Two airplanes from the Sioux Falls Army Air Force Radio Training Program collided over this marker December 8, 1944.
Waymark Code: WMCDY
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2006
Views: 115
The twin engine AT-18 bombers were reconfigured as flying classrooms to give students actual flight training before graduation. A combination of cloudy skies and airplanes painted gray was what was believed to be the reasons for the crash. Witnesses saw a plane come out of a cloud bank at high speed and clip the tail of a 2nd plane. One plane crashed into a student housing killing all 7 people in the plane and 3 people in the building. The other plane managed to make it East of Renner where everyone parachuted off the plane safely before that plane crashed.
Date of Crash: 12/08/1944
Aircraft Model: AT-18
Military or Civilian: Military
Cause of Crash:
Overcast Skies and plane color.
Web Address for Related Web Sites: Not listed
Tail Number: Not listed
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