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| Date: | Monday 19 March 1945 |
| Time: | 14:17 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54A-15-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-72264 |
| MSN: | 10369 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 6,5 km off Rock Harbor, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Homestead AAF, FL (HST/KHST) |
| Homestead AAF, FL (HST/KHST) |
The C-54 departed on a local training mission out of Homestead AAF, FL. It crashed offshore into 19 feet of water. The wreckage was located the next day.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles
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