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| Date: | Thursday 11 December 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-28-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 44-76366 |
| MSN: | 32698/15950 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Memphis, TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | El Paso-Biggs AAF, TX (BIF/KBIF) |
| Memphis Municipal Airport, TN (MEM/KMEM) |
The C-47 entered an uncontrolled spiral descent and crashed.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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