ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337927
| Date: | Tuesday 3 July 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54D-10-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-72680 |
| MSN: | 10785 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 6,5 km E of Vila do Porto, Azores -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Struck hillside and broke up.
Sources:
Ralph Haner (E-mail, 17-5-2012)
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Location
Images:
photo (c) USAAF; near Vila do Porto, Azores; July 1945
photo (c) USAAF; near Vila do Porto, Azores; July 1945
photo (c) USAAF; near Vila do Porto, Azores; July 1945
photo (c) USAAF; near Vila do Porto, Azores; July 1945
photo (c) USAAF; near Vila do Porto, Azores; July 1945
photo (c) USAAF; near Vila do Porto, Azores; July 1945
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