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| Date: | Monday 28 February 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-16256 |
| MSN: | 20722 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cerro Colorado -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | El Paso International Airport, TX (ELP/KELP) |
| San Antonio (unknown airport), TX |
Crashed on Cerro Colorado, near La Noria Ranch, 75 miles southwest of Del Rio, TX in fog.
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreón 4 March 1949, p3
El Siglo de Torreón 5 March 1949, p1+12
El Siglo de Torreón 6 March 1949, p1+12
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