| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Superior Oil Corp. |
| Registration: | NC17645 |
| MSN: | 25423/13978 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Gander Airport, NL (YQX/CYQX) |
| Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN) |
Missing over the Atlantic. The search for the missing plane was abandoned on May 10, 1948.
Sources:
Franc-Tireur 6 May 1948
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