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| Date: | Friday 25 March 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-48100 |
| MSN: | 25361/13916 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3,3 km SE of Wiesbaden AFB (WIE) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wiesbaden AFB (WIE/ETOU) |
Crashed after one engine failed on climb out. Several occupants were injured.
Sources:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Diário de Lisboa 26 March 1960, p17
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