Date: | Friday 20 July 1945 |
Time: | 07:20 |
Type: | Douglas C-54E-1-DO (DC-4) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 44-9026 |
MSN: | 27252 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Wilmington-New Castle AAB, DE (ILG) -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Wilmington-New Castle AAB, DE (ILG/KILG) |
Destination airport: | Wilmington-New Castle AAB, DE (ILG/KILG) |
Narrative:The C-54E took off from New Castle AAB, DE at 03:22 on a local transition flight. Several simulated instrument approaches were flown. During one of these approaches the airplane crossed the airfield and impacted the ground from a low altitude.
Investigators were not able to find the cause of the accident.
Sources:
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher Location
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