The 1948 Northwood mid-air collision took place on 4 July at 15:03 when a Douglas DC-6 of Scandinavian Airlines System and an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force collided in mid-air over Northwood in
SE-BDA, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in the AB Aerotransport livery
RAF Avro York similar to the one in the collision
RAF Avro York similar to the one in the collision
A SAS Douglas DC-6 similar to the one in the collision
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The Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1946 to 1958. Originally intended as a military transport near the end of World War II, Doug
1948 Northwood mid-air collision
…The 1948 Northwood mid-air collision took place on 4 July at 15:03 when a Douglas DC-6 of Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force (RAF) collided in mid-air over Northwood in London, UK (then in…
A Douglas DC-6B of Western Airlines, Oct 1956
The prototype Douglas XC-112A which first flew on 15 February 1946, converted to DC-6 standard in 1956 and flown by TASSA of Spain from 1963 until 1965
Passengers alighting from an SAS DC-6: Note the upper row of windows, indicating this was built as the optional sleeper variant of the original-length DC-6
United Airlines DC-6 at Stapleton Airport, Denver, in September 1966