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| Date: | Thursday 23 January 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-10-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-48936 |
| MSN: | 26197/14752 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 10,4 km N of Seattle/Sand Point NAS, WA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Great Falls International Airport, MT (GTF/KGTF) |
| Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM) |
Crashed. Two crew members bailed out safely; the pilot was found dead in the wreckage.
Sources:
The Evening Independent 24 January 1947, p1
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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