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| Date: | Tuesday 2 November 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 44-76491 |
| MSN: | 32823/16075 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Wiesbaden -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | London-Northolt Airport (NHT/EGWU) |
| Wiesbaden AFB (WIE/ETOU) |
Crashed and burnt while trying to land in dense fog at night.
Sources:
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/21959/?page=2
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/21963/
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