Date:	Sunday 21 November 1943
Time:	21:10
Type:	Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-32929
MSN:	9155
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1,2 km W of Tamaqua, PA -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Fort Benning-Lawson AAF, GA (LSF/KLSF)
Destination airport:	Willow Grove NAS, PA (NXX/KNXX)

Narrative:
Three C-47 aircraft took off from Lawson Field. They were heading to Willow Grove to pick up CG-4A gliders and tow them to Maxton AAF.
In the vicinity of Washington, DC the aircraft entered a large front and lost contact with each other.
The pilot of the ill-fated C-47 decided to divert to Barnsville Auxiliary Airfield. Due to weather circumstances the pilot failed to find the airfield. They circled the area and flew into a mountainous area. The airplane struck the top of Locust Mountain and broke up.

Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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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