ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338686
Date: | Tuesday 13 February 1945 |
Time: | 07:05 |
Type: | Douglas R4D-6 (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
Registration: | 50765 |
MSN: | 26293/14848 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1,6 km off Oakland NAS, CA (OAK) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Oakland NAS, CA (OAK/KOAK) |
Destination airport: | Bakersfield-Meadows Field, CA (BFL/KBFL) |
Narrative:A US Navy Douglas R4D-6 (DC-3) crashed into the Bay a mile off the foot of Chestnut Street in Alameda because of engine failure, 13 minutes after it took off on a southeast bound flight from Oakland Airport.
Sources:
Naval Plane Crash February 13 1945 The Milwaukee Sentinel - Feb 14, 1945 Oakland Tribune February 13, 1945
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