Accident Douglas C-47B (DC-3) GA+1..,
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Date:Wednesday 1 July 1959
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Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47B (DC-3)
Owner/operator:Luftwaffe
Registration: GA+1..
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST) -   Turkey
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
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Destination airport:
Narrative:
The C-47B transport plane was damaged when the left engine disintegrated in flight. A propeller blade punctured the fuselage.
A safe emergency landing was carried out at Istanbul-Yesilköy Airport (IST), Turkey.
The aircraft transported supplies for the JBG33 in the context of a NATO exercise.

Sources:

Passauer Neue Presse 27.8.1959, p2
Milliyet Gazete Arsivi 2 July 1959, p1

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