Date:	Saturday 3 May 1952
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	42-100560
MSN:	19023
Year of manufacture:	1943
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Middelkerke -   Belgium
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Burtonwood RAF Station (BUT/EGOB)
Destination airport:	Wiesbaden AFB (WIE/ETOU)

Narrative:
The aircraft made an emergency landing on the Belgian coast due to an engine failure while on its way from Burtonwood, UK, to Wiesbaden, Germany.

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Twentsch dagblad Tubantia, 8 May 1952
Het Vaderland, 5 May 1952

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