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| Date: | Wednesday 6 January 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-8 (Super DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 17154 |
| MSN: | 43373 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-1820-80 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Byrd Station -
 Antarctica
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Byrd Station |
Crashed while attempting a landing at Byrd Station in 'whiteout'-conditions.
Sources:
A history of the famous vx-6 squadron's aviators. The men who flew the frozen continent and the polar ice cap 1955-1999 / By Noel Gillespie
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