Narrative:
Crashed into a mountainside, killing all ten on board.
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 29 June 1955 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-15594 |
| MSN: | 20060 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Sitkinak Island, AK ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kodiak Airport, AK (ADQ/PADQ), United States of America |
| Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED), United States of America |
Crashed into a mountainside, killing all ten on board.
Sources:
» Daily Sitka Sentinel, June 30, 1955» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kodiak Airport, AK to Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK as the crow flies is 415 km (259 miles).
Distance from Kodiak Airport, AK to Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK as the crow flies is 415 km (259 miles).
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