The wooden planks dropped onto the peat formed a raft that carried survivors out
A burned DC-4 lies in a Newfoundland bog at dawn; rescuers improvise a seaplane rescue - did they make it in time?The wooden planks dropped onto the peat formed a raft that carried survivors outIn this episode, we follow the moments after a Douglas DC-4 struck treetops near Gander, Newfoundland on 18 September 1946. The narrative covers the crash, the difficult terrain of boreal peat, and the improvised decisions rescuers made-could those choices save the survivors?Date: 18 September 1946Aircraft: Douglas DC-4, registration OO-CBGPeople aboard: 43 (37 passengers, 6 crew)Survivors initially…
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