Narrative:
The aircraft crashed due to a fire.
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 13 March 1952 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47D (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-49343 |
| MSN: | 26604/15159 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 18 km (11.3 mls) E of Bay Minette, AL ( United States of America)
|
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The aircraft crashed due to a fire.
Sources:
» Diário de Lisboa 14 March 1952, p12» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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