ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) 43-15435 Angeles City-Clark Air Base (CRK)
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Status:
Date:Sunday 11 March 1945
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3)
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 43-15435
MSN: 19901
First flight: 1944
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Angeles City-Clark Air Base (CRK) (   Philippines)
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:-
Destination airport:-
Narrative:
Explosives were detonated at Angeles City-Clark Air Base, Philippines, damaging several parked C-47 transport planes. Most likely the explosives were placed by Japanese infiltrators.
41st Troop Carrier Squadron C-47A aircraft lost in the attack were: 42-93497, 43-15435, 43-15458, 43-15488, and 43-47996.

Classification:
Destroyed on ground
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» The 317th Veterans Group Web site (usaf317thvet.org)
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge


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