Date:	Wednesday 22 March 1944
Time:	17:55
Type:	Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	43-15303
MSN:	19769
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Louisville-Bowman Field, KY (LOU) -   United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Fort Wayne Municipal Airport/Baer Field, IN (FWA/KFWA)
Destination airport:	Louisville-Bowman Field, KY (LOU/KLOU)

Narrative:
The airplane was approaching Bowman Field when the pilot decided to go around. He added power and retracted the landing gear. The C-47 entered a steep climb and stalled at a height of about 400ft. It fell off on the left wing and crashed into the flight line, destroying four Aeronca L-3B planes and three Taylorcraft L-2Ms.

Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher

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