Accident Douglas R4D-5 (DC-3) 39079,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337065
 

Date:Friday 24 January 1947
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas R4D-5 (DC-3)
Owner/operator:United States Navy
Registration: 39079
MSN: 10206
Year of manufacture:1943
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:N of Dartmouth, NS -   Canada
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:New York-Floyd Bennett Field, NY (NOP/KNOP)
Destination airport:Halifax-Shearwater Airport, NS (YAW/CYAW)
Narrative:
The aircraft flew into trees north of Dartmouth, Canada. Six of the seven occupants seriously injured.

Sources:

Winnipeg Free Press January 25,1947
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Noticias de Hoy - January 28, 1947

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