Date:	Thursday 24 March 1949
Time:
Type:	Fairchild C-82A Packet
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	45-57798
MSN:	10168
Year of manufacture:	1947
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, repaired
Category:	Accident
Location:	510 km NW of Resolute Bay, NU -   Canada
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Frobisher Bay Airport, NU (YFB/CYFB)
Destination airport:	Resolute Airport, NU (YRB/CYRB)

Narrative:
Crash-landed on ice of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut after the flight crew became lost. The Packet operated on a supply flight from Frobisher Bay on Baffin Island to Resolute Bay.
Crew rescued by ski-equipped C-47, 28 March 1949.

Brandon Daily Sun March 26,1949
San Bernardino Sun 27 March 1949, p1
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)

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