Date: | Tuesday 20 June 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-54A-DO (DC-4) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 41-37277 |
MSN: | 3067 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 55 km NW of Millinocket, ME -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Stephenville Air Base, NL (YJT/CYJT) |
Destination airport: | Washington-National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA) |
Narrative:The C-54 transport plane operated on a routine mail/cargo flight between England and Washington, DC, USA. The flight was operated by a crew supplied by Trans World Airlines.
On the final leg to Washington, the airplane flew into the south side of Fort Mountain at an elevation of about 3900 feet.
Sources:
mewreckchasers.com Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR) Location
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