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| Date: | Monday 18 June 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54B-1-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-72372 |
| MSN: | 10477 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 96 km ESE of Biskra Airport (BSK) -
 Algeria
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Casablanca (unknown airport) |
The C-54B took off from Casablanca, French West Africa (now Morocco) on a ferrying flight to Karachi, India. The aircraft crashed, due to severe turbulence, 75 miles southeast of Biskra, Algeria.
Sources:
usaafdata.com
findagrave.com
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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