Eastern Air Lines Flight 21 crash

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The location here is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport near where the airline crashed but the precise location needs to be found.

Eastern Air Lines Flight 21

Eastern Air Lines Flight 21, registration NC28394, was a Douglas DC-3 aircraft that crashed while preparing to land at Candler Field (now Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport) in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 26, 1941. Eight of the 16 on board were killed including Maryland Congressman William D. Byron. Among the injured was Eastern Air Lines president and World War I hero Eddie Rickenbacker.

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