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| Date: | Tuesday 1 September 1970 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-5-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Elleniki Polemikí Aeroporía |
| Registration: | 48782 |
| MSN: | 26043/14598 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Perivlepto -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kavala-Amigdhaleon AB (LGKM) |
| Preveza-Aktion Airport (PVK/LGPZ) |
The aircraft impacted Mount Mitsikeli, Greece, killing all seven on board. The C-47 operated on a mission to transport the body of a soldier to be buried at Lefkada.
Sources:
taneatismikrospilias24.com
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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