Narrative:
Ditched. At least one fatality.
The airplane operated on a delivery flight to Algiers, Algeria.
» MACR
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 14 January 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-100679 |
| MSN: | 19142 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | between Florida and Puerto Rico ( Atlantic Ocean)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | West Palm Beach-Morrison AAF, FL (PBI/KPBI), United States of America |
| Borinquen AAF (BQN/TJBQ), Puerto Rico |
Ditched. At least one fatality.
The airplane operated on a delivery flight to Algiers, Algeria.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)» MACR
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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 West Palm Beach-Morrison AAF, FL to Borinquen AAF as the crow flies is 1601 km (1001 miles).
Distance from West Palm Beach-Morrison AAF, FL to Borinquen AAF as the crow flies is 1601 km (1001 miles).
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