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| Date: | Wednesday 10 December 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-50-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-1060 |
| MSN: | 34330/ 17063 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | nr Camp Springs-Andrews AFB, MD (ADW) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Harrisburg-Olmsted AFB, PA (MDT/KMDT) |
| Camp Springs-Andrews AFB, MD (ADW/KADW) |
Hit the ground 1000ft short of the runway and burst into flames.
Sources:
San Bernardino Sun 11 December 1947, p2
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