USS PC-815 USS PC-815 USS "PC-815" was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. It was commanded for about eighty days in 1943 by L. Ron Hubbard, who later became the founder of Scientology. After Hubbard was removed from command for shelling Mexican territory, the "PC-815" served as a shore patrol vessel off San Diego, California. She was lost with one of her crew in September 1945 after colliding with the destroyer USS "Laffey". "PC-815"s short career led to the vessel being dubbed the "jinxed sub-chaser". "PC-815" was laid down on 10 October 1942 at the Albina Engine
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 7 Captain Paweł Lipowczan. All information in this entry is based on information, interviews and documents presented in two episodes of the Polish TV series "The Black Series" about air, land and marine incidents and disasters in post-war Poland: "Kopernik" (about Flight 007) and "Kościuszko" (about LOT Flight 5055). LOT Polish Airlines Flight 7 LOT Flight 7 was an Ilyushin Il-62 that crashed near Okęcie Airport in Warsaw, Poland, on 14 March 1980, as the crew aborted a landing and attempted to go-around. All 87 crew and passengers died. It was caused by the disintegration of one of the turbine discs