Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, May 25, 1948 (4 killed)

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on May 25, 1948 near Madrid AFB Cundinamarca, Colombia with 4 fatalities.

A Colombian Air Force C 47 on a local training sortie collided on final approach at Madrid Air Base with a private Luscombe that had just taken off from the same runway. Both aircraft crashed near the threshold. All four C 47 crew and the Luscombe pilot were killed.

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