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| Date: | Monday 21 July 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 654 |
| MSN: | 9595 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3,3 km N of Goose Bay Airport, NL (YYR) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Goose Bay Airport, NL (YYR/CYYR) |
| Goose Bay Airport, NL (YYR/CYYR) |
The aircraft crashed while engaged on insect spraying operations near Goose Bay Airport, Canada. The crew of three were killed.
It made a sharp turn at an extremely low altitude, stalled and struck the ground and caught fire.
Sources:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 22 July 1952, p2
The Montreal Gazette 22 July 1952, p1
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