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| Date: | Sunday 21 December 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 975 |
| MSN: | 26003/14558 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 48 km NE of Cutigliano, Pistoia -
 Italy
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Grostenquin RCAF Station |
| Pisa-Arturo dell'Oro Air Base (PSA/LIRP) |
Crashed into mountain.
flight from RCAF Grostenquin to Pisa; 30 miles northeast of Cutigliano
Sources:
La Stampa 23 December 1958, p9
The Daily News (St. John's, NL) 22 December 1958, p1
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