Date:	Thursday 16 November 1944
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-50-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-24213
MSN:	10075
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Tarquinia -   Italy
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The aircraft crashed after a midair collision with a Brazilian Air Force Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (419659). The pilot was blinded by the sun during an air to air photography flight.
At least three crew members of the C-47 were killed in the accident.

Folha da Manhã 5 December 1944, p3
22 de abril, Dia da Aviação de Caça (aereo.jor.br)
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)

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