CFIT Accident Douglas C-54D-1-DC (DC-4) 42-72474,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336282
 

Date:Tuesday 22 November 1949
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-54D-1-DC (DC-4)
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 42-72474
MSN: 10579
Year of manufacture:1945
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:48 km E of Kelso, WA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM)
Destination airport:Portland-Columbia Airport, OR (PDX/KPDX)
Narrative:
Missing. Discovered crashed on Mount St. Helens 30 November 1949.

Sources:

Passauer Neue Presse 24 November 1949, p1
AAIR
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 1 December 1949, p2

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