| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 2 October 1957 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-15209 |
| MSN: | 19675 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) N off Iwo Jima Air Base (IWO) ( Japan)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Iwo Jima Air Base (IWO/RJAW), Japan |
| ? |
The C-47A transport plane ditched in the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Iwo Jima Air Base.
All 13 occupants were rescued.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» The Panama American, October 4, 1957
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