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| Date: | Sunday 21 April 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Ejército del Aire |
| Registration: | T.3-44 |
| MSN: | 19750 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Fuerteventura -
 Spain
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Las Palmas-Gando Air Base (LPA/GCLP) |
| Albacete-Los Llanos Air Base (ABC/LEAB) |
The C-47A transport plane departed Las Palmas-Gando Air Base at 02:27 hours on a flight to Albacete, Spain. The aircraft disappeared over sea some 44 min after take off.
Sources:
ABC (Madrid) 25 April 1963, p13
ABC (Madrid) 23 April 1963, p41+42
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