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| Date: | Thursday 5 March 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-39 (DC-2) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 38-525 |
| MSN: | 2082 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1939 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Port Sewall, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Stuart-Witham Field, FL (SUA/KSUA) |
The C-39 transport plane ran into a squall near Port Sewall, FL. One of the wings broke off and the airplane crashed in flames into St. Lucie River.
Sources:
Herald-Journal - Mar 7, 1942
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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