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| Date: | Thursday 24 July 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-50B (DC-3-397) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-7705 |
| MSN: | 4111 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH (FFO) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Dayton-Wright Patterson AAF, OH (FFO/KFFO) |
An engine caught fire in flight and fell from the plane just before landing. A crash-landing was carried out.
Sources:
The Bluffton News 31 July 1941, p6
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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