Date:	Saturday 16 July 1949
Time:	14:00
Type:	Douglas C-47B-10-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	L'Armée de L'Air
Registration:	349050
MSN:	26311/14866
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	11 km from Mersa Matruh -   Egypt
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Nicosia Airport (NIC/LCNC)

Narrative:
Crashed and caught fire while attempting emergency landing due to mechanical failure.
The airplane operated on a flight from Libya to Nicosia, Cyprus.

F-RACL; 14:00(GMT); 11 km from Mersa Matrouh

Le Franc-terieur 18 July 1949
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
The Canberra Times (Monday 18 July 1949)
El Litoral 17-7-1949

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