Accident Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) 43-15994,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335800
 

Date:Friday 31 August 1951
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 43-15994
MSN: 20460
Year of manufacture:1944
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:72 km E of Platinum Airstrip, AK -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Platinum Airport, AK (PTU/PAPM)
Destination airport:Naknek Airport, AK (NNK)
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed 72 km east of Platinum Airstrip, Alaska.

Sources:

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 1 September 1951, p1

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