Descripción:
The occupants bailed out after the flight became lost in a blinding snowstorm. The airplane crashed into a farm field.
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | domingo 1 marzo 1953 |
| Tipo: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Operador: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registración: | 42-96539 |
| Numéro de série: | 30201 |
| Año de Construcción: | |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 11 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 1,6 km (1 milles) ESE of Avon, IN ( Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Aurora-Lowry AFB, CO, Estados Unidos de América |
| Columbus-Atterbury AFB, IN, Estados Unidos de América |
The occupants bailed out after the flight became lost in a blinding snowstorm. The airplane crashed into a farm field.
Fuentes:
» Youngstown Indicator 2 March 1953, p1+2 (placed on 2 March 1959)» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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