Narrative:
Missing en route Okinawa-Yontan Airfield to Laoag, Philippines.
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| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 13 October 1945 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-49754 |
| MSN: | 27015/15570 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | between Okinawa and Laoag ( Pacific Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Okinawa-Yontan Field, Japan |
| Laoag Airport (LAO/RPLI), Philippines |
Missing en route Okinawa-Yontan Airfield to Laoag, Philippines.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» MACR
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