ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-20-DL (DC-3) 42-23522 Catania, Sicily
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Date:Tuesday 13 July 1943
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-20-DL (DC-3)
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 42-23522
MSN: 9384
First flight: 1943
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:16 km (10 mls) S of Catania, Sicily (   Italy)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:El Djem Airfield, Tunisia
Destination airport:El Djem Airfield, Tunisia
Narrative:
Crashed near Catania, Sicily, Italy.

Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» MACR


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