ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3) 43-48069 Anchorage, AK
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Date:Monday 21 April 1952
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3)
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 43-48069
MSN: 25330/13885
First flight: 1944
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:110 km (68.8 mls) W of Anchorage, AK (   United States of America)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Crashed into a mountainside in Merrill Pass.

Sources:
» Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the North
» El Litoral 22 April 1952, p1
» Chicago Tribune April 23, 1952


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