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Date: | Monday 13 December 1948 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing SB-17G Flying Fortress |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 44-83724 |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Greenland -
Greenland
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Landing accident on icecap while towing a rescue glider to rescue the crew of crash-landed C-47 (42-23794). All 12 crewmen of both airplane rescued 27 December 1948.
Sources:
El Orden 29 December 1948, p2
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