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Edward H Gehring

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Edward H Gehring

Birth
Queens County, New York, USA
Death
28 Oct 1949 (aged 28–29)
Azores, Portugal
Burial
Westbury, Nassau County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.7507389, Longitude: -73.5830222
Plot
2-A-12/13
Memorial ID
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Edward Gehring was a passenger aboard the Air France Lockheed Constellation that crash on 28 October 1949 .

It happened when a Lockheed L-749A-79-46 Constellation of Air France crashed into a mountain while attempting to land at Santa Maria Airport, Azores on a stopover during a scheduled international passenger flight from Paris-Orly Airport to New York City. All 48 people on board were killed.

Sources:
Providence Journal, Jan 14, 1950, p.: 10
wikipedia '1949 Air France Lockheed Constellation crash'

Contributor:

Dawna Westbrook
Edward Gehring was a passenger aboard the Air France Lockheed Constellation that crash on 28 October 1949 .

It happened when a Lockheed L-749A-79-46 Constellation of Air France crashed into a mountain while attempting to land at Santa Maria Airport, Azores on a stopover during a scheduled international passenger flight from Paris-Orly Airport to New York City. All 48 people on board were killed.

Sources:
Providence Journal, Jan 14, 1950, p.: 10
wikipedia '1949 Air France Lockheed Constellation crash'

Contributor:

Dawna Westbrook


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