ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335604
| Date: | Tuesday 29 April 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-15379 |
| MSN: | 19845 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dentist C -
 South Korea
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Seoul (unknown airport) |
The C-47 aircraft of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron was participating in the evacuation of the American wounded in Korea. It was enroute from Seoul to Cho-do Island off the west coast of North Korea. It crashed in the water just off "Dentist C".
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
Korean War Aircraft Loss Database (KORWALD)
Arlington National Cemetery website; Benjamin H. Woodruff, Jr.
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