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- 50777
- LC-47J
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- Douglas C/N 26378
- Ordered by USAAF as C-47B-10-DK
- USAAF S/N 43-49117
Delivered to USN as R4D-6 in Oct 1944 at NAS San Diego CA
- Assigned toFAW-13 in Oct 1944
- Assigned to MARFAIR West in Novr 1944
- Assigned to VMR-152 in Jan 1945
- Assigned to MAG-12 in Feb 1945
- Assigned to MAG-15 in June 1946
- Assigned to NAS Pearl Harbor in Sep 1946
- Assigned to NAS San Diego CA in June 1947
- Assigned to NAS Quonset Point in July 1947
- Assigned to VR-1 at NAS Patuxent River MD in Apr 1948
- Break in the records
- Assigned to VX-6 in Antarctica in October 1962 as LC-47J
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- Disposition: Crashed Davis Glacier on 25 November 1962
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- From: Bob Nyden <frumenty@ispchannel.com>
This accident is described in "20 Years on the Ice" published for the squadron
reunion in 1975:
"The LC-47H (Buno 50777) was lost on November 25, 1962, while making a jet assisted
take off (JATO) at Davis Glacier. A JATO cannister was released accidentally before it
stopped firing and hit a propeller. The LC-47H lost an engine and crashed."
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