Date:	Tuesday 12 March 1957
Time:	12:00
Type:	Douglas VC-47A (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	43-47979
MSN:	25240/13795
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Hakuba -   Japan
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT)
Destination airport:	Hamamatsu Airport (RJNH)

Narrative:
While flying, a Douglas VC-47A crashed into mountains near Hakuba (or Shirouma) Town, Toyama Prefecture.

San Bernardino Sun 13 March 1957
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
The Aviation Forum thread [Accident Report] JASDF aircraft accidents in 1965 to 2005 in Japan

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