Sabena DC4 Gander crash pics

[ehbuddy]

http://www.ganderourtown.ca/zOld/PhotoSabena.htm

I found this link and thought some of the forum members would find them interesting.

[Dash-Ate]

Ouch. RIP to all involved.




p.s. buffalo would get her flying again in no time, I am sure....

[imarai]

Read the book "CHARLIE BAKER GEORGE" The Story of Sabena OO-CBG,
written by Frank Tibbo, published in 1993 by Jesperson Press Limited, of St. John's, NF. ISBN 0-921692-49-8. Photo of sister ship:

[linecrew]

From aviation-safety.net
Date: 18 SEP 1946
Time: 07:42 UTC
Type: Douglas DC-4-1009
Operator: Sabena
Registration: OO-CBG
C/n / msn: 42986
First flight: 1946
Crew: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Passengers: Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 37
Total: Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 44
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: 35 km (21.9 mls) SW of Gander, NF (Canada)
Phase: Approach
Nature: International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN), Ireland
Destination airport: Gander Airport, NF (YQX/CYQX), Canada

Narrative:
The DC-4 was on a flight from Brussels to New York with intermediate stops at Shannon and Gander. The aircraft crashed in bad weather. Reportedly, the pilot attempted to carry out a visual approach to Gander by trying to descend below the clouds. Since the cloud base was about ground level, the airplane descended into trees. It crashed and broke up.

[Techopsgirl]

I have a ton of pics of this crash from the air, if I get a chance I will post them. I went to flying school in Gander and bringing friends down to the site was one of my most "I wanna see" requests.

[Old fella]

I have a ton of pics of this crash from the air, if I get a chance I will post them. I went to flying school in Gander and bringing friends down to the site was one of my most "I wanna see" requests.

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Yup, when I got a private in 1973 and did some flying outta CYQX, the Sabena wreck was always a point of interest

[Techopsgirl]

It was always fun to bring people who were already iffy about flying and them take them to see a wreck in the woods!