Category:1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash

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On December 24, 1940 Eddie August Schneider (1910-1940) and George Wilson Herzog (1903-1940) in a Piper J-3 Cub and Ensign Kenneth Adolph Kuehner (1915-1984) of Minster, Ohio and Second Class Seaman Franklin Newcomer (1915-1994) of Rochester, Ohio in a Boeing-Stearman Model 75 collided midair, near Floyd Bennett Field. Schneider and Herzog were killed and Kuehner and Newcomer were able to land their plane unharmed.

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1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash 
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LocationFloyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York City, New York
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  • 23 December 1940
Number of casualties
  • 2
Number of deaths
  • 2
Number of injured
  • 0
Map40° 35′ 07.99″ N, 73° 54′ 08.09″ W
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