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) |
| Bakersfield-Meadows Field, CA (BFL/KBFL) |
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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