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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47 (VC-117B) (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-2554 |
| MSN: | 34212/18557 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km N of Newton, NJ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Harrisburg-Olmsted AFB, PA (MDT/KMDT) |
| Danbury Airport, CT (DXR/KDXR) |
Collided with North American B-25J Mitchell 44-86870 at an altitude of about 7000 feet and crashed. The B-25 landed safely at Stewart Field.
Sources:
The Free Lance-Star - Aug 25, 1948
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Youngstown Vindicator - Aug 25, 1948 p.10
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