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.
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 15 December 1962 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 42-93086 |
| MSN: | 12959 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Thule Air Base (THU) ( Greenland)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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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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