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| Date: | Friday 12 November 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-45-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-886 |
| MSN: | 34146/16889 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fairbanks-Eielson AFB, AK (EIL) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Fairbanks-Eielson AFB, AK (EIL/PAEI) |
The C-47 transport plane veered off runway, struck a Boeing B-50 bomber plane and both caught fire. The 18 occupants of the C-47 suffered injuries. All six killed were aboard the B-50.
Sources:
Correio da Manhã 16 November 1948, p6
San Bernardino Sun 14 November 1948, p1
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