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.
Sources:
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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