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| Date: | Saturday 27 August 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46 (various) |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | West Palm Beach, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Sixteen or six C-46 transport planes were damaged/destroyed in hurrican, when tossed into twisted masses of metall and wires. One lifted and blown 0,250 miles away into a canal. Another ripped of its back... All were beeing converted from military to civil use by "United Service for Air Co". All likely stored without engines.
Sources:
Evening Star 28 August 1949
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2020 09:40 | TB | Added |
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