Date:	Saturday 5 February 1949
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	43-15578
MSN:	20044
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	170 km NE of Ahwaz -   Iran
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Bahrain International Airport (BAH/OBBI)

Narrative:
The diplomatic plane with five or seven Army airmen went missing in Iran while on a flight from Tehran to Bahrain. It was found crashed in mountains a few days later.

San Bernardino Sun 11 February 1949, p21
AAIR
Le Franc-tireur 8 February 1949, p1

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