Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
Status:
Datum:28 NOV 1947
Flugzeugtyp:Douglas C-47B-6-DK
Fluggesellschaft:United States Air Force - USAF
Kennzeichen: 43-48736
Werknummer: 14552/25997
Baujahr: 1944
Triebwerk: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 5
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 15 / Insassen: 15
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 20 / Insassen: 20
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:nahe Trappa (Italien)
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Militär
Flug von:Pisa Airport (PSA/LIRP), Italien
Flug nach:Frankfurt-Rhein-Main AFB (FRF/EDAF), Deutschland
Unfallbericht:
Crashed in the Italian Alps. The airplane was 30 miles off course. The wreckage was discovered eight months later.

Informationsquelle:
» U. S. Air Transport Missing In Europe with 21 Aboard (Valley Morning Star, 1947-11-30)
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher

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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Pisa Airport to Frankfurt-Rhein-Main AFB as the crow flies is 714 km (446 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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