Date: | Wednesday 14 February 1945 |
Time: | 22:50 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-100996 |
MSN: | 19459 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 6,4 km E of Oblong, IL -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Lawrenceville-George AAF, IL (LWV/KLWV) |
Destination airport: | Lawrenceville-George AAF, IL (LWV/KLWV) |
Narrative:A Douglas C-47 was destroyed when it struck terrain following engine problems near Oblong, IL. Four crew members were killed. The airplane was part of a 21-ship formation on a para-pack drop exercise. It fell out of the formation after the drop and began to experience engine problems which the crew misinterpreted as a runaway propeller. The airplane lost altitude until it collided with terrain.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR) 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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