ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339206
| Date: | Wednesday 1 November 1944 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-10-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-92700 |
| MSN: | 12530 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 12 km SE of Saint-Chamond -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Luxeuil-St-Sauveur Airport (LFSX) |
Flew into the side of a mountain at about 1350 m in poor weather conditions including severe icing.
The airplane carried fifteen wounded soldiers.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Aérosteles : Lieux de mémoire aéronautique
doizieux.ouvaton.org
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