Date: | Tuesday 3 July 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-54D-10-DC (DC-4) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-72680 |
MSN: | 10785 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 6,5 km E of Vila do Porto, Azores -
Portugal
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Struck hillside and broke up.
Sources:
Ralph Haner (E-mail, 17-5-2012)
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR) Location
Images:
photo (c) USAAF; near Vila do Porto, Azores; July 1945
photo (c) USAAF; near Vila do Porto, Azores; July 1945
photo (c) USAAF; near Vila do Porto, Azores; July 1945
photo (c) USAAF; near Vila do Porto, Azores; July 1945
photo (c) USAAF; near Vila do Porto, Azores; July 1945
photo (c) USAAF; near Vila do Porto, Azores; July 1945
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