Narrative:
Explosives were detonated at Angeles City-Clark Air Base, Philippines, damaging several parked C-47 transport planes. Most likely the explosives were placed by Japanese infiltrators.
41st Troop Carrier Squadron C-47A aircraft lost in the attack were: 42-93497, 43-15435, 43-15458, 43-15488, and 43-47996.
Damaged on the ground
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 11 March 1945 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-47996 |
| MSN: | 25257/13812 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Angeles City-Clark Air Base (CRK) ( Philippines)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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Explosives were detonated at Angeles City-Clark Air Base, Philippines, damaging several parked C-47 transport planes. Most likely the explosives were placed by Japanese infiltrators.
41st Troop Carrier Squadron C-47A aircraft lost in the attack were: 42-93497, 43-15435, 43-15458, 43-15488, and 43-47996.
Classification:
Destroyed on groundDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» The 317th Veterans Group Web site (usaf317thvet.org)» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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