Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 OCT 1945 |
| Time: | ca 02:30 |
| Type: | Douglas C-54B-1-DC |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-72421 |
| C/n / msn: | 10526 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 13 km (8.1 mls) SE of Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Edmonton (unknown airport), AB, Canada |
| Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED), United States of America |
Crashed in a timber forest at the foot of the Chugach mountain range.
Sources:
» 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.
