Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 NOV 1944 |
| Type: | Douglas C-54A-15-DC |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-72252 |
| C/n / msn: | 10357 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 80 km (50 mls) off Oahu Island, HI (Pacific Ocean) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed while en route from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland.
Sources:
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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.
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