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| Date: | Wednesday 10 December 1947 |
| Time: | 00:20 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54D-5-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 42-72572 |
| MSN: | 10677 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 29 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 13 km N of Goose Bay Airport, NL (YYR) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Goose Bay Airport, NL (YYR/CYYR) |
| Springfield-Westover AFB, MA (CEF/KCEF) |
The aircraft crashed and burned in a wooded area shortly after taking off from Goose Bay. Snow falling at the time of the accident was a factor.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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