Date:	Thursday 22 December 1949
Time:
Type:	Douglas R4D-7 (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Navy
Registration:	39101
MSN:	32802/16054
Year of manufacture:	1945
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Edenton MCAS, NC -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Cherry Point MCAS, NC (KNKT)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Two U.S. Navy aircraft, a Douglas R4D transport plane and a Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft collided in flight near Edenton MCAS, North Carolina, USA.
The R4D was engaged in a photo flight at 8000 feet when the accident occurred. The R4D managed to land at Edenton with a damaged tail but the fighter pilot had to bail out.

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
The Free Lance-Star 22 December 1949, p1
The Dispatch 22 December 1949, p1

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