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| Date: | Saturday 25 May 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54G-1-DO (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 45-489 |
| MSN: | 35942/DO336 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 480 km E of Guam -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kwajalein Airport (KWA/PKWA) |
| Guam (unknown airport) |
Disappeared on a flight between Kwajalein and Guam.
A Boeing B-17G (44-83783) also disappeared during a search mission.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Madera Tribune 3 June 1946, p1
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