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7 February 1958: Seven of United’s players killed: Matt Busby seriously hurt in Munich air crash

Darkest day in United's history: Aircraft carrying the 'Busby Babes' crashes in Munich
  
  

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The wreckage of the British European Airways plane which crashed in Munich on 6 February 1958. (Photograph: PA) Photograph: PA


Duncan Edwards - one of the eight victims from the team - passed away 15 days after the crash. The disaster claimed the lives of 23 people, including the Manchester Guardian's sports writer Donny Davies.

 

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