ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339035
| Date: | Wednesday 13 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-15-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-92887 |
| MSN: | 12737 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aldermaston RAF Station -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aldermaston RAF Station |
The C-47A transport plane stalled into the ground immediately after lifting off runway 27 during takeoff. It hit a mound and bounced across a road. A fire erupted as the aircraft was loaded with gasoline for the advancing armies.
There was probably some ice still on the wing even though much of the ice had already melted away.
Sources:
airbornetroopcarrier.com
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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