Airplane Crash - Lisbon, Portugal 02/22/1943
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Lisbon, Portugal
| Date | 02/22/1943 |
| Time | 06:47 |
| Location | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Operator | Pan American World Airways |
| Flight # | 9035 |
| Route | New York City - Lisbon |
| Type | Boeing B-314 (flying boat) |
| Registration | NC18603 |
| Cn/In | 1990 |
| Aboard | 39 |
| Fatalities | 25 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | Crashed into the Targus River in poor weather while attempting to land. Inadvertent contact of the left wing tip of the aircraft with the water while making a descending turn preparatory to landing. The aircraft was named the Yankee Clipper. Novelist Ben Robertson and singer, actress Tamara Drasin, 34, among those killed. Actress Jane Froman seriously injured. |
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