Narrative:
Missing during a flight from APO 72 to APO 75. The airplane reportedly blew up in midair.
» MACR
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 6 September 1945 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23860 |
| MSN: | 9722 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 30 |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near San Jancinico Strait ( Philippines)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tacloban Airport (TAC/RPVA), Philippines |
| Manila-Nichols Air Base (MNL/RPLL), Philippines |
Missing during a flight from APO 72 to APO 75. The airplane reportedly blew up in midair.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» MACR
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tacloban Airport to Manila-Nichols Air Base as the crow flies is 564 km (353 miles).
Distance from Tacloban Airport to Manila-Nichols Air Base as the crow flies is 564 km (353 miles).
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.
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Douglas DC-3
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