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| Date: | Friday 10 October 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-48296 |
| MSN: | 25557/14112 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 64 km SSW of Borja -
 Peru
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Talara Airport (TYL/SPYL) |
| Iquitos Airport (IQT/SPQT) |
Crashed in Andes mountains. Found after ten days. Colonel John R. Hawkins (Chief of US Air Force Mission Peru) was among those killed.
Sources:
Noticias de hoy 15 October 1947, p12
El Litoral, 21 October 1947, p2
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Millville Army Air Field: America's First Defense Airport / John J. Galluzzo
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