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Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashes near Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport in Auburn, Maine, killing all eight people on board including peace activist and child actress Samantha Smith.
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Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808
1985 aviation accident
Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 was a scheduled flight from Logan International Airport to Bangor International Airport in the United States on August 25, 1985. On final approach to Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport, the Bar Harbor Airlines Beechcraft Model 99 crashed short of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport
Airport
Auburn-Lewiston Airport is a public airport in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. It opened in 1935. It is five miles southwest of the cities of Auburn and Lewiston, which jointly own and operate the airport.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Auburn, Maine
City in Maine, United States
Auburn is a city in south-central Maine, within the United States. Settled in the foothills of the Western Lakes and Mountains region of the state, The city serves as the county seat of Androscoggin County. The population was 24,061 at the 2020 census. Auburn and its sister city…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Samantha Smith
American child peace activist (1972–1985)
Samantha Reed Smith was an American peace activist and child actress from Manchester, Maine, who became famous for her anti-war outreaches during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. In 1982, Smith wrote a letter to the newly appointed General Secretary…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
August 25
Day of the year
August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 128 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)