Date:	Sunday 24 October 1954
Time:	17:50
Type:	Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	43-16044
MSN:	20510
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	ca 12 km W of Limone Piemonte, Cuneo -   Italy
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Roma-Ciampino Air Base (CIA/LIRA)
Destination airport:	Lyon-Bron Airport (LYN/LFLY)

Narrative:
A Douglas C-47A transport plane was destroyed when it flew into the side of a mountain in the Lago Carbone area of the Maritime Alps near the French / Italian border.
The airplane operated on flight from Rome, Italy to RAF Station Manston, UK with an en route stop at Lyon, France. The flight plan contained a bearing error and there were strong winds forecast en route. It went off course and struck a mountain at 8500 feet.

Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
L'Unitá 31-10-1954

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