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| Date: | Thursday 26 January 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54D-1-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps |
| Registration: | 42-72469 |
| MSN: | 10574 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Snag, YT -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED) |
| Great Falls-Malmstrom AFB, MT (GFA/KGFA) | |
| Investigating agency: | USAAF |
The USMC Douglas C-54 departed Elmendorf AFB (EDF) on a flight to Great Falls (GFA). It took Amber Airway No.2 over Canada, but failed to arrive at its destination. Last radio contact was at 17:09 near Snag, YT. The wreckage still had not been found by 1951.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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