ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) 43-49754 between Okinawa and Laoag
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Date:Saturday 13 October 1945
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3)
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 43-49754
MSN: 27015/15570
First flight: 1944
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Missing
Aircraft fate: Presumed damaged beyond repair
Location:between Okinawa and Laoag (   Pacific Ocean)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Okinawa-Yontan Field, Japan
Destination airport:Laoag Airport (LAO/RPLI), Philippines
Narrative:
Missing en route Okinawa-Yontan Airfield to Laoag, Philippines.

Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» MACR


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