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| Date: | Wednesday 24 August 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-16330 |
| MSN: | 20796 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Guam-North Field AFB (UAM) -
 Guam
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Guam-North Field AFB (UAM/PGUA) |
Crashed and destroyed by fire when left engine failed on take-off. Three crew and six passengers unhurt.
Sources:
The Evening Independent 27 August 1949, p2
accident-report.com
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