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| Date: | Friday 9 August 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-117D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Amalfi -
 Italy
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Napoli-Capodichino Airport (NAP/LIRN) |
| Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA/LICC) |
Ditched in heavy seas between the Amalfi coast and the Isle of Capri during a thunderstorm with one engine afire. All occupants picked up from a life raft about midnight by an Italian ferry boat after more than six hours.
Sources:
The Victoria Advocat 10 August 1963, p3/11 August 1963, p3A
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