Date: | Tuesday 13 March 1945 |
Time: | 01:30 |
Type: | Douglas C-47C |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 41-18582 |
MSN: | 4707 |
Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 56 km SW of George West, TX -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Greenwood AAF, MS (GWO/KGWO) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:A Douglas C-47 transport aircraft was destroyed in an accident during a navigation mission, killing all six on board. The flight left Greenwood AAF on March 12, 1945. En route the crew encountered a line if thunderstorms. The airplane descended into wooded terrain while the pilot was attempting to pick his way through the thunderstorms. The wreckage was located on March 24, 1945.
Sources:
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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