ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) 43-15046 Brighton

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Status:
Date:	Sunday 19 November 1944
Time:	15:10
Type:	Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3)
Operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	43-15046
MSN:	19512
First flight:	1944
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:	Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 25
Total:	Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 30
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	5 km (3.1 mls) NE of Brighton ( United Kingdom)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Châteaudun Airport (LFOC), France
Destination airport:	Newbury-Greenham Common RAF Station (EWY/EGVI), United Kingdom

Narrative:
Crashed into cloud-shrouded Newmarket Hill at a height of 600 feet (180 m).

Classification:

Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:

» Kent & Sussex History Forum
» Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher

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accident date: 19-11-1944
type: Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3)
registration: 43-15046

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.

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