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| Date: | Friday 27 February 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB |
| Registration: | 2040 |
| MSN: | 20048 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 26 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Breves, PA -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) |
| Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport (CAY/SOCA) |
Crashed.
Sources:
Folha da Manhã 2-3-1948
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