Date:	Tuesday 8 February 1944
Time:	17:30
Type:	Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-100873
MSN:	19336
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	13 km W of Linton, TN -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Fort Wayne Municipal Airport/Baer Field, IN (FWA/KFWA)
Destination airport:	Atlanta-Candler Field, GA (ATL/KATL)

Narrative:
The C-47A operated on a ferry flight from Baer Field to Atlanta. Weather at Atlanta had deteriorated and the crew were not able to land there. They diverted to Nashville, TN. The pilot was unable to find the airport and only had fuel left for about 45 minutes. After losing contact with the air traffic controller at Nashville, the pilot ordered the other crew members to secure their parachutes and prepare to bail out. Meanwhile he descended through clouds. The C-47 broke through the clouds and contacted terrain. The pilot pulled up abruptly but stalled the plane.
It fell off on a wing and struck the ground at a steep angle.

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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