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| Date: | Sunday 21 March 1948 |
| Time: | 01:07 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-16267 |
| MSN: | 20733 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 18 km NE of Woodland, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fairfield-Suisun AFB, CA (SUU/KSUU) |
| Portland-Hillsboro Airport, OR (HIO/KHIO) |
Attempted emergency landing in darkness after engine failure.
Sources:
El Tiempo 22 March 1948, p8
Chicago Tribune March 24, 1948
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