Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 NOV 1955 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47D |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-0879 |
| C/n / msn: | 16882/34138 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Akranes (Iceland) |
| Phase: | () |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Hit high ground.
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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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.
