Date: | Friday 26 January 1945 |
Time: | 15:06 |
Type: | Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 41-38636 |
MSN: | 4739 |
Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Birmingham Army Air Base, AL (BHM) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Birmingham Army Air Base, AL (BHM/KBHM) |
Destination airport: | Lubbock-South Plains AAF, TX (LBB/KLBB) |
Narrative:A Douglas C-47 transport aircraft was destroyed in a takeoff accident at Birmingham AAB, killing all four on board. The airplane had left Laurinburg-Maxton AAF on a ferry flight, towing two Waco CG-4A gliders. While over Birmingham, the pilot requested to land the two gliders downwind on the takeoff runway. He was advised to use the longer NE-SW runway, but the pilot decided to use the N-S runway. The gliders landed without problems but the C-47 stalled when attempting to take off. It crashed and burst into flames.
Sources:
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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