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| Date: | Thursday 24 March 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-82A Packet |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-57798 |
| MSN: | 10168 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 510 km NW of Resolute Bay, NU -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Frobisher Bay Airport, NU (YFB/CYFB) |
| Resolute Airport, NU (YRB/CYRB) |
Crash-landed on ice of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut after the flight crew became lost. The Packet operated on a supply flight from Frobisher Bay on Baffin Island to Resolute Bay.
Crew rescued by ski-equipped C-47, 28 March 1949.
Sources:
Brandon Daily Sun March 26,1949
San Bernardino Sun 27 March 1949, p1
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
History of this aircraft
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| 11 April 1950 | 45-57798 | United States Air Force - USAF | 0 | Cornwallis Island, NT | |
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