ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340245
| Date: | Saturday 4 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-100586 |
| MSN: | 19049 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Horsehall Hill Farm, Chisbury -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Ramsbury-USAAF Station AAF-469 |
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.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Aviation Archaeology - local crash sites
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