Status: | |
Date: | Monday 15 January 1945 |
Type: | Douglas R4D-5 (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Navy |
Registration: | 17234 |
MSN: | 13596 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
Total: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Tacloban Airport (TAC) ( Philippines)
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Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Tacloban Airport (TAC/RPVA), Philippines |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Crashed following midair collision with USAAF Stinson L-5 (42-99165) off end of the runway.
The R4D-5 operated on a flight to evacuate wounded men, high priority passengers, cargo and mail.
Those lost were:
Crew:
Lt. Bridwell J. McKnight (pilot)
Lt. Donald W. Huegel (co-pilot)
Lt. George A. Danner (navigator)
Sp(V)3c James R. Reynolds (orderly)
ARM1c Hugh G. Ballantyne (radio man)
Passengers:
Lt Com. C.H. Mattson
Lt. Com. G.W. Pease
Lt. E.J. Detmer
Lt. Winfield V. Scott, Jr S(A)
Ens. M.L. Naylor
Ens. N.J. Roccaforte
RhM1c G.M. Pangalos
SK1c F. Hold
PhM2c A.D. Nonsley
PhM2c O.F. Blizzard
PhM2c J.B. Hayden
PhM3c H.E. Dickinson
PhM3c J.C. Raines
PhM3c W.E. Seeling
PhM3c S.D. Stroul
ARM3c M.M. King
Sources:
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US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» War Diary for the Month of January 1945, NATS, Thirteenth Squadron (VR-13).
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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.