Date: | Saturday 21 April 1945 |
Time: | 15:21 |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 43-48497 |
MSN: | 25758/14313 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU/PAAT) |
Narrative:Crash-landed in the Weston Mountains while on approach to Attu Island.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR) Location
Images:
photo (c) anon.; near Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU); April 1945
photo (c) anon.; near Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU); April 1945
photo (c) anon.; near Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU); April 1945
photo (c) anon.; near Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU); April 1945
photo (c) anon.; near Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU); April 1945
photo (c) anon.; near Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU); April 1945
photo (c) anon.; near Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU); April 1945
photo (c) anon.; near Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU); April 1945
photo (c) anon.; near Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU); April 1945
photo (c) anon.; near Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU); April 1945
photo (c) anon.; near Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU); April 1945
photo (c) anon.; near Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU); April 1945
photo (c) anon.; near Attu Island-Casco Cove Airport, AK (ATU); April 1945
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