Date:	Thursday 3 August 1944
Time:	20:30
Type:	Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-23652
MSN:	9514
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 28
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	5 km W of Naper, NE -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Bruning Army Air Base, NE
Destination airport:	Pierre AAB, SD (PIR/KPIR)

Narrative:
A Douglas C-47 transport plane was destroyed when it broke up in flight near Naper, NB. All four crew members and 24 passengers were killed. The flight encountered a wall of thunderstorms. The pilot lost control of the airplane, probably due to severe thunderstorm and/or a lightning strike.

Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles

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