Date:	Sunday 5 September 1943
Time:	23:27
Type:	Douglas C-53D Skytrooper (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-68841
MSN:	11768
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	16 km S of Sedalia, MO -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The C-53 broke up when encoutering an area of severe winds at 6000 ft altitude.

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles

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