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| Date: | Tuesday 7 September 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 42-100490 |
| MSN: | 18953 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Wetaskiwin, AB -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Edmonton (unknown airport), AB |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport/Wold-Chamberlain Field, MN (MSP/KMSP) |
Five occupants ordered by pilot to bail out due to engine failure. Three killed when parachute did not open and two injured in this bail-out. Crashed and burnt in a field with the remaining three crew about 40 miles southeast of Edmonton, Alberta, injuring the pilot.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
The Calgary Herald 8 September 1948, p1
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