ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339626
| Date: | Monday 21 August 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-15162 |
| MSN: | 19628 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | between Gibraltar and Newquay -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gibraltar RAF Station (GIB/LXGB) |
| Newquay-St Mawgan RAF Station (NQY/EGDG) |
The C-47 transport plane went missing over sea during a ferry flight between Gibraltar and Newquay, U.K.
Instrument weather conditions were encountered en route.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
MACR
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