Date:	Wednesday 14 February 1945
Time:	22:50
Type:	Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-100996
MSN:	19459
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	6,4 km E of Oblong, IL -   United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Lawrenceville-George AAF, IL (LWV/KLWV)
Destination airport:	Lawrenceville-George AAF, IL (LWV/KLWV)

Narrative:
A Douglas C-47 was destroyed when it struck terrain following engine problems near Oblong, IL. Four crew members were killed. The airplane was part of a 21-ship formation on a para-pack drop exercise. It fell out of the formation after the drop and began to experience engine problems which the crew misinterpreted as a runaway propeller. The airplane lost altitude until it collided with terrain.

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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