Date:	Tuesday 13 March 1945
Time:	01:30
Type:	Douglas C-47C
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	41-18582
MSN:	4707
Year of manufacture:	1942
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	56 km SW of George West, TX -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Greenwood AAF, MS (GWO/KGWO)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
A Douglas C-47 transport aircraft was destroyed in an accident during a navigation mission, killing all six on board. The flight left Greenwood AAF on March 12, 1945. En route the crew encountered a line if thunderstorms. The airplane descended into wooded terrain while the pilot was attempting to pick his way through the thunderstorms. The wreckage was located on March 24, 1945.

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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