ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339760
Date: | Monday 17 July 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 41-38677 |
MSN: | 6072 |
Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | unknown -
Unknown country
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:Reportedly damaged beyond repair on July 17, 1944.
The aircraft was also involved in a mid-air collision on February 19, 1943 at 115 miles northwest of Lake Tali, India. USAAF reported the aircraft suffered Cat. 3 damage (on a scale from 1-5). It's unknown if the aircraft was repaired following the accident. July 17, 1944 may possibly be an administrative date when it was struck off charge.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR) The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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