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| Date: | Saturday 31 August 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada UC-1 Otter (DHC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 142426 |
| MSN: | 78 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Little America V -
 Antarctica
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
The Otter was parked at Little America V, a scientific research base in Antarctica. An 80 mph wind storm opened the tiedown rings and the aircraft was blown away.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
www.VAQ34.com
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