Accident Douglas C-54G-1-DO (DC-4) 45-485,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337425
 

Date:Friday 1 February 1946
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-54G-1-DO (DC-4)
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 45-485
MSN: 35938
Year of manufacture:1945
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Fujisawa Air Base -   Japan
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Guam (unknown airport)
Destination airport:Fujisawa Air Base
Narrative:
The C-54 crash-landed at the Fujisawa Air Base. Brig Gen John A. Elmore and Col A.E. Schanze were unhurt.

Sources:

Spocane Daily Chronicle 2 February 1946, p9
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)

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