Accident Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3) 2049,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335279
 

Date:Wednesday 2 September 1953
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB
Registration: 2049
MSN: 13862
Year of manufacture:1943
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:off Ilha da Boqueirão, RJ -   Brazil
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed in sea on training flight.

Sources:

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Folha da Manhã 3 September 1953, p2

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