ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338533
| Date: | Wednesday 14 March 1945 |
| Time: | 20:40 |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-5 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 17228 |
| MSN: | 13379 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km W of San Carlos, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Olathe NAS, KS (JCI/KIXD) |
| San Pedro Naval Air Base, CA (SPQ) |
Flew into a steep grassy hillside in high wind and heavy rain.
Sources:
Spokane Daily Chronicle - Mar 15, 1945
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
Images:
photo (c) via David Trojan; near San Carlos, CA; March 1945
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