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| Date: | Thursday 12 July 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | L'Armée de L'Air |
| Registration: | 980/F-RAMM |
| MSN: | 33312/16564 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 17 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gao Airfield -
 Mali
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gao Airport (GAQ/GAGO) |
The C-47 transport plane crashed on takeoff and burned. Nine serious injured occupants transported to hospital.
Sources:
Le Monde 13-7-1951
L'Unitá 13-7-1951
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