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| Date: | Tuesday 9 December 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-82A-10-FA Packet |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 44-22994 |
| MSN: | 10038 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 18 km NNE of Eglin, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Austin-Bergstrom AFB, TX (KAUS) |
| Greenville-Donaldson AFB, SC (GDC/KGYH) |
An engine fire forced the crew of five to bail out. The aircraft crashed in flames on a farm.
Sources:
Fairchild C-82 Packet website / Simon Beck
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
The Windsor Daily Star 10 December 1947, p24
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