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| Date: | Tuesday 8 January 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas VC-47B (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Portuguesa |
| Registration: | 6162 |
| MSN: | 25579/14134 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vila Cabral Airport (VXC) -
 Mozambique
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mueda Airport (MUD/FQMD) |
| Vila Cabral Airport (VXC/FQLC) |
Crash-landed after having been hit by gun fire. Vila Cabral is now named Lichinga.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Images:
photo (c) Eduardo Jung; Lichinga Airport (VXC/FQLC); 26 August 2014
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