ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337679
| Date: | Monday 17 September 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-49914 |
| MSN: | 27175/15730 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Atsugi -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Okinawa-Motobu Airstrip |
| Atsugi NAS (NJA/RJTA) |
The C-47B transport plane, with at least 5 on board, departed Motobu Strip, Okinawa enroute to Atsugi, Japan.
Prevailing weather conditions forced the pilot to proceed on instruments through the overcast. The airplane impacted the side of a mountain south of Atsugi.
Sources:
ArmyAirForces.com
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