43-15665
- C-47A 43-15665 73TCS, 434TCG, 9AF. This aircraft went on to be the first to land on North Pole Ice on 3rd May 1952.
Object Number - UPL 33366 - "A 9th Troop Carrier Command Douglas C-47 with full Parapack load wings its way over France." - C-47A 43-15665 73TCS, 434TCG, 9AF. This aircraft...
Assigned to 73TCS, 434TCG, 9AF USAAF. Became the first aircraft to land on North Pole ice on 3-May-52. Suffered two accidents in 1952 landing and taking off from Fletcher Ice Island, a base made on a floating iceberg. A final landing accident on Fletcher Ice Island caused her to be written off and abandoned derelict. The A/C has since sunk to the bottom of the Artic.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Royal Air Force Station Ascension (ASI), ASCN 1ZZ, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 26 June 1945 | Take Off Accident Wideawake Fld Cat BL damage Lt Leslie E Hultquist, 26-Jun-45. C-47A 43-15665 - 73TCS 434TCG 9AF |
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Crashed |
Field Ave, Willow, AK 99688, USA | 5 February 1952 | Take Off Accident Mech Failure 12 Miles SE Willow Cat 3 damage Lt Roy J Girard, 5-Feb-52. C-47A 43-15665 - 39AMS 39AMG |
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Crashed |
Arctic Ocean | 1 October 1952 | Landing Accident Fletcher Ice Island, Arctic Ocean Cat 3 damage Lt Richard N Marsh, 1-Oct-52. C-47A 43-15665 - Base Flight 39AMGp |
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Crashed |
Arctic Ocean | 22 October 1952 | Take Off Accident Fletcher Ice Island, Arctic Ocean Cat 3 damage Lt Richard N Marsh, 22-Oct-52. C-47A 43-15665 - Base Flight 39AMGp |
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Crashed |
Arctic Ocean | 3 November 1952 | Landing Accident Fletcher Ice Island, Arctic Ocean Cat 4 damage. 3-Nov-52. |
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Manufactured |
Long Beach, CA, USA | Built at Douglas. | |
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Assigned |
Aldermaston, Reading RG7, UK | Assigned to 73TCS, 434TCG, 9AF USAAF. |