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| Date: | Tuesday 4 January 1949 |
| Time: | 18:35 |
| Type: |  Douglas VC-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-48405 |
| MSN: | 25666/14221 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km SE of Weimar, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ogden-Hill AFB, UT (HIF/KHIF) |
| Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC) |
Crashed at night after engine fire.
Sources:
El Tiempo 6 January 1949, p8
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Oakland Tribune January 5,1949
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