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| Date: | Wednesday 6 April 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Hellenic Air Force |
| Registration: | 43-49249 |
| MSN: | 26510/15065 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | near Pirsogianni -
 Greece
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Aircraft was lost during the Greek Civil War when it was hit by an artillery shell while dropping supplies to the Greek Army near Pirsogianni at Grammos Mountain.
Sources:
Scramble
Ioannis Mylonas (e-mail, 30-9-2015)
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