Date:	Thursday 21 September 1944
Time:	00:36
Type:	Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	43-16132
MSN:	20598
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1,5 km N of Malden AAF, MO (MAW) -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Malden AAF, MO (MAW/KMAW)
Destination airport:	Malden AAF, MO (MAW/KMAW)

Narrative:
A Douglas C47 collided with a church steeple while on approach to Malden AAF. The crew had completed a navigation mission. The airplane smashed into a field and caught fire.

Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles

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