Date:	Sunday 5 September 1943
Time:	20:28
Type:	Douglas C-49J (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	43-1980
MSN:	6263
Year of manufacture:	1942
Engine model:	Wright R-1820-71
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Saint Joseph-Rosecrans AAF, MO (STJ) -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Saint Joseph-Rosecrans AAF, MO (STJ/KSTJ)
Destination airport:	Saint Joseph-Rosecrans AAF, MO (STJ/KSTJ)

Narrative:
A powerful weather front had passed Rosecrans Field as the C-49J was returning from a training flight. The pilot lost control in turbulence and the airplane crashed and burst into flames.

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)

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