ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338512
| Date: | Sunday 18 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23867 |
| MSN: | 9729 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 51 km NE of Cold Bay-Fort Randall, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED) |
| Adak-Davis Army Airfield, AK (ADK/PADK) |
Crashed in Cathedral Valley, near Mount Pavlof.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Ellensburg Daily Record - Mar 20, 1945
The Niagara Falls Gazette - Mar 27, 1945
Location
Images:
photo (c) USAAF; nar Cold Bay-Fort Randall, AK; March 1945
photo (c) USAAF; nar Cold Bay-Fort Randall, AK; March 1945
photo (c) USAAF; nar Cold Bay-Fort Randall, AK; March 1945
photo (c) USAAF; nar Cold Bay-Fort Randall, AK; March 1945
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