ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334106
| Date: | Monday 22 December 1958 |
| Time: | 07:59 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54 (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 215 km SW of Anchorage, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED) |
| Shemya AFB, AK (SYA/PASY) |
Lost from radarscope 47 minutes after take-off. The wreckage was spotted in an avalanche high on Mount Iliamna a few days later. Victims not recovered.
Sources:
The Victoria Advocate 23 December 1958, p1
San Bernardino Sun 23 December 1958, p1
San Bernardino Sun 30 December 1958, pA
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