Narrative:
Crashed due to bad weather.
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» http://www.gotech.at/lale6/langenlebarn_6.html
» http://www.gotech.at/todesopfer1939bis1951.html
» Air Britain: Jennifer Gradidge, DC-3 - The first 70 years, published 2006
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 16 March 1946 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-5-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-48775 |
| MSN: | 26036/14591 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 11 km (6.9 mls) WNW of Zirc ( Hungary)
|
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tulln/Langenlebarn-Brumowski Air Base (LOXT), Austria |
| Beograd-Dojno Polje Airport, Serbia |
Crashed due to bad weather.
Sources:
» Evening Star 19 March 1946, p3» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» http://www.gotech.at/lale6/langenlebarn_6.html
» http://www.gotech.at/todesopfer1939bis1951.html
» Air Britain: Jennifer Gradidge, DC-3 - The first 70 years, published 2006
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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 Tulln/Langenlebarn-Brumowski Air Base to Beograd-Dojno Polje Airport as the crow flies is 506 km (316 miles).
Distance from Tulln/Langenlebarn-Brumowski Air Base to Beograd-Dojno Polje Airport as the crow flies is 506 km (316 miles).
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