Narrative:
Missing. The wreckage was found June 15, 1958.
There is some confusion about the identity of this airplane.
The book "The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3: The first seventy years - Vol.2" reported the accident airplane to be C-47A-25-DK serial (and msn) 13487.
The website "Archives de l'armée de l'air" states the airplane involved was "13.497 42.93571 F-SCID", which was also reported to have become PK-REP for KLM in Netherlands Indies and later T-462 for the Indonesian Air Force.
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| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 30 May 1958 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | L'Armée de L'Air |
| Registration: | 13487/F-SCID |
| MSN: | 13487 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 32 km (20 mls) NW of Andapa ( Madagascar)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Missing. The wreckage was found June 15, 1958.
There is some confusion about the identity of this airplane.
The book "The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3: The first seventy years - Vol.2" reported the accident airplane to be C-47A-25-DK serial (and msn) 13487.
The website "Archives de l'armée de l'air" states the airplane involved was "13.497 42.93571 F-SCID", which was also reported to have become PK-REP for KLM in Netherlands Indies and later T-462 for the Indonesian Air Force.
Sources:
» Le livre d'or de l'aviation malgache / J.P.Pénette & C.Pénette Lohau» Archives de l'armée de l'air
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