Accident
Last updated: 18 May 2013
Status:
Datum:02 FEB 1945
Zeit:ca 10:15
Flugzeugtyp:Douglas C-47-DL
Fluggesellschaft:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Kennzeichen: 41-18603
Werknummer: 4728
Baujahr: 1942
Triebwerk: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 4
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 20 / Insassen: 22
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 23 / Insassen: 26
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:5 km (3.1 Meilen) W of Montieri (Italien)
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Militär
Flug von:Florence-Peretola Airport (FLR/LIRQ), Italien
Flug nach:Roma (unknown airport), Italien
Unfallbericht:
En route to Rome, Italy, the C-47 entered a river valley. Hills on both sides of the river were obscured by strato-cumulus clouds and mist. When entering a fog bank the crew advanced the throttle levers in an attempt to climbing over the rising terrain. The aircraft contacted trees and crashed.

Informationsquelle:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» 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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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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