ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336240
Date: | Thursday 26 January 1950 |
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Type: | Douglas C-54D-1-DC (DC-4) |
Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps |
Registration: | 42-72469 |
MSN: | 10574 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Snag, YT -
Canada
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED) |
Destination airport: | Great Falls-Malmstrom AFB, MT (GFA/KGFA) |
Investigating agency: | USAAF |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The USMC Douglas C-54 departed Elmendorf AFB (EDF) on a flight to Great Falls (GFA). It took Amber Airway No.2 over Canada, but failed to arrive at its destination. Last radio contact was at 17:09 near Snag, YT. The wreckage still had not been found by 1951.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | USAAF |
Report number: | Accident report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher Location
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