Accident Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) 42-93086,
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Date:Saturday 15 December 1962
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Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 42-93086
MSN: 12959
Year of manufacture:1944
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:near Thule Air Base (THU) -   Greenland
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
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Destination airport:
Narrative:
The C-47 crashed near Thule AB, Greenland during search for a missing USAF Convair F-102 Delta Dagger (58-0264); two of the crew were killed.

Sources:

Youngstown Vindicator 16 December 1962, pA6
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge

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