Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 NOV 1945 |
| Time: | ca 15:30 BST |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-20-DK |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-93041 |
| C/n / msn: | 12909 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 26 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 30 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Herrenalb (Germany) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bovingdon RAF Station, United Kingdom |
| Schleißheim Airport (EDNX), Germany |
The aircraft flew into the side of a mountain. The pilot was climbing through an overcast and struck the mountain.
Events:
Sources:
» Bayerische Flugzeug-Historiker e.V.
» 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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