According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), the accident occurred a little before 6 a.m. on southbound James S. McDonnell Boulevard, south of Banshee Road, involving a Chevrolet Colorado.

On January 11, 1947, McDonnell test pilot Robert Edholm took the first XF2D-1 Banshee prototype for its maiden flight at Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri. During this first test flight ...