ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340256
Date: | Sunday 27 February 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-23842 |
MSN: | 9704 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Shemya AFB, AK (SYA) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:A USAAF Consolidated B-24D Liberator aircraft, 41-23884, crashed on takeoff from Shemya, Alaska. The aircraft impacted several aircraft on the ground. Douglas C-47A's 42-23842 (msn 9704) and 42-23837 (msn 9699) were damaged beyond repair as a result.
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