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| Date: | Tuesday 15 March 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Nord 2501D Noratlas |
| Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | GA+249 |
| MSN: | D060 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 739 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Monte Argentera -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Neubiberg Airport (EDPN) |
| Torino (unknown airport) |
Crashed in the Italian Alps.
The wreckage was found March 22, 1960 in the snow-covered Alpi Marittime (Sea Alps) near the Italian-French border (west-slope of Argentera Mountain).
Sources:
The Victoria Advocate - Mar 16, 1960
Hamburger Abendblatt 18.+22.3.1960
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