Date13-Feb-1948
TypeSea Disaster
CountryUSA
LocationGulf of Mexico between Brownsville & Carmen, Mexico
ActivityC47 aircraft carrying 5,000 lbs of ice ditched in the sea
InjuryFATAL. Womack was injured when plane went down, 3 days later he fell off liferaft & was taken by a shark
VictimPilot, Neil Womack, Male
SourcePittsburgh Press, 2/21/1948/ V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.258
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