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| Date: | Saturday 19 September 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-18485 |
| MSN: | 4577 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km W of Blairstown, NJ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The C-47 struck Blue Mountain in the Kittatinny Ridge, New Jersey. The aircraft crashed 100 feet below the top of the 1600 feet high mountain.
Sources:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Findagrave.com
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