ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339594
| Date: | Monday 28 August 1944 |
| Time: | 01:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54A-1-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-72171 |
| MSN: | 10276 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK) -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK/EGPK) |
Crashed into a residential area while attempting to land at Prestwick (PIK) in poor visibility.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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