Date:	Monday 31 January 1944
Time:	00:32
Type:	Douglas C-39 (DC-2)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	38-501
MSN:	2059
Year of manufacture:	1939
Engine model:	Wright R-1820-55
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	14 km SW of Sioux City AAB, IA -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Sioux City AAB, IA (SUX/KSUX)
Destination airport:	Saint Joseph-Rosecrans AAF, MO (STJ/KSTJ)

Narrative:
The military DC-2 took off from Sioux City Army Air Base at 00:28 on an instrument navigation flight to Saint Joseph-Rosecrans AAF, MO (STJ). Engine no. 2 had probably caught fire shortly after takeoff. The airplane crashed and burned.

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles

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