ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) 41-18681 Monte Tezio
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Date:Wednesday 12 January 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 41-18681
MSN: 6087
First flight: 1942
Crew:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Monte Tezio (   Italy)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Gioia Del Colle Air Base (LIBV), Italy
Destination airport:Gioia Del Colle Air Base (LIBV), Italy
Narrative:
The C-47 impacted a ridge of Monte Tezio in Italy after dropping paratroopers near Lago Trasimeno, Italy.

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


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