| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | sábado 4 marzo 1944 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3) |
| Operador: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registración: | 42-100586 |
| Numéro de série: | 19049 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1943 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Horsehall Hill Farm, Chisbury ( Reino Unido)
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| Fase: | Aterrizaje (LDG) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | ? |
| Ramsbury-USAAF Station AAF-469, Reino Unido |
A Douglas C-47A transport plane, 42-100586, was damaged beyond repair in an accident near Horsehall Hill Farm, Chisbury, U.K. The airplane, part of the 84 Sqd of the USAAF's 437th Troop Carrier Group took part in a simulated paratrooper mission. The C-47 was number 42 in a 49 ship formation. Weather deteriorated with clouds and snow.
Arriving near Ramsbury, the pilot overshot the turn to final and became lost. The airplane impacted trees and caught fire.
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