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| Date: | Sunday 19 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-49H (DC-3-228) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-38254 |
| MSN: | 1993 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Freetown-Hastings Airport (HGS) -
 Sierra Leone
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Freetown-Hastings Airport (HGS/GFHA) |
Crashed on takeoff.
Sources:
St.Petersburg Times 18 November 1942, p7
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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