Estado: | |
Fecha: | sábado 11 noviembre 1944 |
Tipo: | Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3) |
Operador: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registración: | 43-48473 |
Numéro de série: | 25734/14289 |
Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | cerca Llyn Dulyn ( Reino Unido)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB), Francia |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Burtonwood Airport (BUT/EGOB), Reino Unido |
Descripción:Bad weather at the destination Burtonwood forced the crew to divert to Valley. The C-47 flew into a cliff. The wreckage was found on November 22.
Fuentes:
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Peak District Air Accident Research (peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk)»
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Paris-Le Bourget Airport to Burtonwood Airport as the crow flies is 602 km (376 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.