1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash

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1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash

Summary

1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash is a mid-air collision[1].

Key Facts

  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash is in the country of United States[2].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's instance of is recorded as mid-air collision[3].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash took place at Floyd Bennett Field[4].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's Commons category is recorded as 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash[5].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's armament is recorded as airplane[6].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash occurred on December 23, 1940[7].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 40.585552, 'longitude': -73.902247, 'precision': 1e-06}[8].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's has cause is recorded as pilot error[9].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's has cause is recorded as air traffic control[10].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash resulted in {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'} deaths[11].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash caused {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0'} injuries[12].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's described by source is recorded as Local Pilot Killed[13].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's described by source is recorded as 77th Congress, 2nd Session, Congress, Report No. 1072[14].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's described by source is recorded as 2 Die as Planes Crash at Field[15].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's described by source is recorded as Two Die After Planes Collide Mid-Air[16].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's described by source is recorded as Training Flights Scored As Fatal Crash Is Probed[17].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's described by source is recorded as Cheated Death In Air Battles, Dies In Crash[18].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's start point is recorded as Floyd Bennett Field[19].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's destination point is recorded as Floyd Bennett Field[20].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's number of survivors is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[21].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's number of casualties is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[22].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's significant person is recorded as William J. Minnett[23].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's significant person is recorded as Thomas Gerard Early[24].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's significant person is recorded as Kenneth Paul Behr[25].
  • 1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's number of perpetrators is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'}[26].

Body

When and Where

1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash occurred on December 23, 1940[7]. The location of it was Floyd Bennett Field[4]. It is in the country of United States[2].

Context

1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash's instance of is recorded as mid-air collision[3].

Outcome and Impact

1940 Floyd Bennett Field midair crash resulted in {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+2'} deaths[11]. It caused {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0'} injuries[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . 77th Congress, 2nd Session, Congress, Report No. 1072. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Local Pilot Killed. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Local Pilot Killed. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . Local Pilot Killed. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . Local Pilot Killed. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . 77th Congress, 2nd Session, Congress, Report No. 1072. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . Local Pilot Killed. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19h ago · PeterWD · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) death on December 23, 194
    Object of occurrence The Kangaroo
    Point in time +1940-12-23T00:00:00Z
    Described by source Local Pilot Killed, 77th Congress, 2nd Session, Congress, Report No. 1072, 2 Die as Planes Crash at Field +3
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P12913]]: [[Q992841]]"
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