Accident Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3) 4693,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341029
 

Date:Tuesday 27 April 1943
Time:20:25
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3)
Owner/operator:United States Navy
Registration: 4693
MSN: 4300
Year of manufacture:1942
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:6,5 km E of Oakland, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Alameda NAS, CA (NGZ/KNGZ)
Destination airport:Oakland NAS, CA (OAK/KOAK)
Narrative:
Crashed in the hills near the Lake Chabot Golf Course.

Sources:

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
The Evening Independent 28 April 1943, p1
San Bernardino Sun, 28 April 1943

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