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| Date: | Wednesday 8 December 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Hellenic Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Elefsis Air Base -
 Greece
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Elefsis AB (LGEL) |
| Elefsis AB (LGEL) |
The Dakota was engaged in parachute exercises over the airfield when a parachute got entangled with the plane, causing the pilot to lose control. The impacted the ground and burst into flames.
Three crew members, 12 officers and four soldiers died.
Sources:
L'Unità 9-12-1954
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 8 December 1954, p6
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