Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 JUL 1945 |
| Type: | Douglas C-54D-10-DC |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-72680 |
| C/n / msn: | 10785 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 6,5 km (4.1 mls) E of Vila do Porto, Azores (Portugal) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Struck hillside and broke up.
Sources:
» Ralph Haner (E-mail, 17-5-2012)
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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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.
