Crash of military plane C 47. USAF Douglas C-47A 43-16044 struck a mountain in the Maritime Alps (Mont Carbone, Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée ) on the France/Italy border due to a navigation error, killing all 20 on board.

The wreckage of a USAF Douglas C-47A lies scattered across a steep, rocky slope of Mont Carbone in the Maritime Alps. The aircraft, 43-16044, crashed near Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée due to a navigation error, killing all 20 people on board. From a high angle, mangled sections of the fuselage and wings are seen wedged among the rocks and sparse vegetation, with a calm alpine lake visible in the desolate, high-altitude landscape.

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