ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339544
| Date: | Saturday 9 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23870 |
| MSN: | 9732 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | west off Fort Glenn Army Airfield, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Umnak-Fort Glenn Army Airfield, AK |
| Shemya AFB, AK (SYA/PASY) |
The aircraft took off from Fort Glenn Army Airfield on the island of Umnak, Alaska, at 20:53Z. Last radio contact was at 21:15Z when the flight reported 30 miles west of Umnak at 8000 feet.
Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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