Date:	Wednesday 20 December 1944
Time:	22:20
Type:	Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	43-16066
MSN:	20532
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	9 km S of Ironton, MO -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Malden AAF, MO (MAW/KMAW)
Destination airport:	Marion-Williamson County Airport, IL (MWA/KMWA)

Narrative:
A Douglas C-47 transport plane was destroyed when it crashed after striking a ridge. All five on board were killed.
The airplane was on a navigation mission.

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles

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