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| Date: | Wednesday 27 April 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-16396 |
| MSN: | 20862 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 966 km W of Stephenville, NL -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Argentia NAS, NL (NWP) |
Ditched near Coast Guard Ship "Sebago" after engine failure. The aircraft was en route from the Azores Islands to Argentia NAS, Canada.
Sources:
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/22129/?page=2
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Evening Star 27 April 1949
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