ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340952
| Date: | Monday 7 June 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23512 |
| MSN: | 9374 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 6,4 km NE of Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC (MXE) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC (MXE/KMEB) |
The C-47, based at Pope Field, crashed when attempting to return to Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base after it ran into bad weather.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Evening Star 8 June 1943, p13
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