ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339172
| Date: | Saturday 11 November 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-48473 |
| MSN: | 25734/14289 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Llyn Dulyn -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB) |
| Burtonwood Airport (BUT/EGOB) |
Bad weather at the destination Burtonwood forced the crew to divert to Valley. The C-47 flew into a cliff. The wreckage was found on November 22.
Sources:
Peak District Air Accident Research (peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk)
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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