| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | February 22, 1943 |
| Time: | 06:47 |
| Location: | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Operator: | Pan American World Airways |
| Flight #: | 9035 |
| Route: | New York City - Lisbon |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-314 (flying boat) |
| Registration: | NC18603 |
| cn / ln: | 1990 |
| Aboard: | 39 (passengers:33 crew:6) |
| Fatalities: | 25 (passengers:20 crew:5) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Crashed into the Targus River in poor weather while attempting to land. Inadvertent contact of the left wing tip of the aircraft with the water while making a descending turn preparatory to landing. The aircraft was named the Yankee Clipper. Novelist Ben Robertson and singer, actress Tamara Drasin, 34, among those killed. Actress Jane Froman seriously injured. |
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