Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 12 April 1945 |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-15-DK (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 43-49530 |
MSN: | 26791/15346 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | unknown ( Italy)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:A Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress suffered a landing accident at an airfield in Italy and struck and damaged several other aircaft, among others C-47B 43-49530.
Classification:
Ground collision
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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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.