Date:	Tuesday 19 November 1946
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-53D Skytrooper (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-68846
MSN:	11773
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	19 km E of Interlaken -   Switzerland
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	München-Riem Airport (MUC/EDDM)
Destination airport:	Istres-Le Tubé Airport (LFMI)

Narrative:
The C-53 transport plane crash-landed at the 8000 feet-level of the Gauli Glacier. The survivors had to stay on the glacier for five nights before they were rescued.

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