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| Date: | Thursday 22 December 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-7 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 39101 |
| MSN: | 32802/16054 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Edenton MCAS, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cherry Point MCAS, NC (KNKT) |
Two U.S. Navy aircraft, a Douglas R4D transport plane and a Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft collided in flight near Edenton MCAS, North Carolina, USA.
The R4D was engaged in a photo flight at 8000 feet when the accident occurred. The R4D managed to land at Edenton with a damaged tail but the fighter pilot had to bail out.
Sources:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
The Free Lance-Star 22 December 1949, p1
The Dispatch 22 December 1949, p1
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