ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335649
| Date: | Friday 7 March 1952 |
| Time: | 15:40 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 42-100593 |
| MSN: | 19056 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Guggi Glacier, nr Jungfrau Mtn., Swiss Alps -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD) |
| Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (ETGV) |
The plane crashed into a mountain as a result of a navigation fault. The airplane operated on a flight from Madrid, Spain.
Sources:
Zerschellt im Hochgebirge / Roger Cornioley
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