Accident Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3) 43-48097,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335087
 

Date:Monday 31 May 1954
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 43-48097
MSN: 25358/13913
Year of manufacture:1944
Fatalities:Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 14
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Duluth-Williamson-Johnson Municipal Airport, MN (DLH) -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Indianapolis Airport, IN
Destination airport:Duluth International Airport, MN (DLH/KDLH)
Narrative:
Crashed in a gravel pit in heavy fog.

Sources:

Diário de Lisboa 1 June 1954, p6
Chicago Tribune, 1 June 1954, p.1
Accident-Report.com
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
www.duluthnewstribune.com

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