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 on a steep, rocky hillside at Mont Carbone in the Maritime Alps. The tail section, bearing the numbers "316044" and a U.S. military insignia, juts upwards, its fuselage crumpled against a craggy rock face. Debris is strewn across the slope where a man observes the scene. The aircraft, 43-16044, struck the mountain near Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée due to a navigation error, killing all 20 people on board.

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