Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 FEB 1943 |
| Type: | Douglas C-53-DO |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-47373 |
| C/n / msn: | 7315 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 176 km (110 mls) SE of Cairo (Egypt) |
| Phase: | () |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Fatal accident.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
