Status: | Little or no information is available |
Date: | Saturday 26 May 1945 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-93821 |
MSN: | 13775 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Mannheim Advanced Landing Ground Y-89 (MHG) ( Germany)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Reported "salvaged" by USAAF on 5 July 1945 as the result of an accident. The actual date of the accident could be before that date. The last known mishap with the aircraft was on May 26 when it suffered a landing accident in Germany.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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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.