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| Date: | Thursday 22 May 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing XC-97 |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-27472 |
| MSN: | 8483 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km E of Dayton-Wright Patterson AFB, OH (FFO) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Dayton-Wright Patterson AFB, OH (FFO/KFFO) |
The XC-97 came down in a wheat stubble field and burst into flames.
Sources:
Prescott Evening Courier - May 22, 1947
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Images:
photo (c) SDASM Archives; in flight
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