Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 FEB 1946 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-15-DK |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-92879 |
| C/n / msn: | 12729 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 24 km (15 mls) E of Aix-en-Provence (France)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Istres-Le Tubé Airport (LFMI), France |
| München-Riem Airport (MUC/EDDM), Germany |
Struck Pic des Mouches, a 1011 m high mountain.
Events:
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» Jean-Louis DELATTRE (E-mail 18-4-2010)
Photos
Map
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 Istres-Le Tubé Airport to München-Riem Airport as the crow flies is 728 km (455 miles).
Distance from Istres-Le Tubé Airport to München-Riem Airport as the crow flies is 728 km (455 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Networks opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
