ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339767
| Date: | Saturday 15 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-18368 |
| MSN: | 4406 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 16 km from Roma-Ciampino Air Base (CIA) -
 Italy
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Roma-Ciampino Air Base (CIA/LIRA) |
| Roma-Ciampino Air Base (CIA/LIRA) |
The C-47 operated on a training flight out of Roma-Ciampino Air Base (CIA), Italy. During the approach back to Ciampino, a mid-air collision occurred with a USAAF Martin B-26G Marauder (41-31595). The C-47 lost 8 feet of the left hand wing and the left aileron. A forced landing was carried out in a field.
The damage resulting from landing were a buckled fuselage and torn off propellers and engines.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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