PP-CCX  Douglas DC-3                                (c/n  7341)

                                 

                                     PP-CCX was built as a C-53-DO, and was impressed into the USAAF as 42-15546.  It was
                                     civilianzied in 1946 and went to SACSUL.   It was written off following a crash into the sea at
                                     Florianapolis, Briazil on 22 March 1951.   It overshot the runway in conditions of reduced visibility
                                     and rain.  Three of the ten passengers on board were killed.   It is also the aircraft on the left of
                                     the illustration on the foot of the page under PP-CCE.   Note REAL's PP-YPC (c/n 20719) on
                                     the left of this shot.