Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Aug 22, 1946 (5 killed)

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on August 22, 1946 near Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bavaria, Germany with 5 fatalities.

A USAAF Douglas C 47 flying from Paris Le Bourget to Erding crashed into a mountain slope about 16 km west of Garmisch Partenkirchen on 22 August 1946. The weather had worsened near Munich and the crew continued south. All five crew were killed, and the wreckage was found a few days later.

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