Narrative:
The C-47A was damaged when parked at Alexai Point Landing Field on Attu Island, Alaska when it was struck by a USAAF Curtiss P-40K Warhawk 42-46039 that crashed.
Damaged on the ground
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 26 February 1945 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23886 |
| MSN: | 9748 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Attu-Alexai Point Landing Field, AK ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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The C-47A was damaged when parked at Alexai Point Landing Field on Attu Island, Alaska when it was struck by a USAAF Curtiss P-40K Warhawk 42-46039 that crashed.
Classification:
Ground collisionDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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