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 USAF Douglas C-47A 43-16044 is strewn across a rugged, desolate slope on Mont Carbone in the Maritime Alps. The aircraft struck the mountain near Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée due to a navigation error, killing all 20 people on board. Lodged on the steep incline, the tail section is visible with the number "16044" on its stabilizer, its skin torn away to expose the internal framework. Amidst a chaotic field of twisted metal, a crumpled piece of the fuselage bears the US military’s star-and-bar insignia.

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