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| Date: | Thursday 16 December 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-82A-25-FA Packet |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 44-23042 |
| MSN: | 10086 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km S of Greenville-Donaldson AFB, SC (GDC) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Greenville-Donaldson AFB, SC (GDC/KGYH) |
| Greenville-Donaldson AFB, SC (GDC/KGYH) |
A C-82A Packet transport plane crashed during a local flight out of Greenville AFB, SC. A fire broke out. Airport fire services extinguished the fire before it could consume the entire airplane.
Sources:
Fairchild C-82 Packet website / Simon Beck
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
St. Petersburg Times - Dec 17, 1948
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