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| Date: | Thursday 5 August 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-6 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 17285 |
| MSN: | 25950/14505 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 18 km from Miami NAS, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA (NGU/KNGU) |
| Opa-locka Airport, FL (OPF/KOPF) |
Crashed after midair collision with civilian Boeing Stearman plane. Both pilots of the Stearman parachuted to safety.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Youngstown Vindicator - Aug 6, 1948
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