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| Date: | Saturday 7 February 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-48910 |
| MSN: | 26171/14726 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3,2 km SW of Saluda, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Washington-Bolling AFB, DC (BOF/KBOF) |
| Greenville-Donaldson AFB, SC (GDC/KGYH) |
The C-47D transport plane impacted a wooded slope of Mount Page, broke up and burst into flames.
Sources:
Reading Eagle - Feb 9, 1948
St. Petersburg Times - Feb 8, 1948
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