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| Date: | Friday 24 February 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-15130 |
| MSN: | 19596 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km S of Rascafria -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Châteauroux-Déols Air Base (CHR/LFLX) |
| Madrid-Torrejón AFB (TOJ/LETO) |
Flew into a hillside in the Sierra de Guadarrama at an elevation of 6000 feet.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
Youngstown Vindicator 25 February 1956, p1
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 25 February 1956, p1
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