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| Date: | Saturday 25 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54A-DO (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-37274 |
| MSN: | 3064 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | off Azores -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER/LPLA) |
The C-54 departed the Azores bound for the U.K. En route the aircraft passed overhead a convoy at 5,000 feet on top of broken cloud with visibility 20 miles. A Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Striker mis-identified the transport for a German Focke Wulf FW-200 and shot it down killing all on board.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
RAFCommand.com
RAN Reserve News, July 2001
Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum
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