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| Date: | Monday 31 January 1944 |
| Time: | 00:32 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-39 (DC-2) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 38-501 |
| MSN: | 2059 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1939 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-1820-55 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 14 km SW of Sioux City AAB, IA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sioux City AAB, IA (SUX/KSUX) |
| Saint Joseph-Rosecrans AAF, MO (STJ/KSTJ) |
The military DC-2 took off from Sioux City Army Air Base at 00:28 on an instrument navigation flight to Saint Joseph-Rosecrans AAF, MO (STJ). Engine no. 2 had probably caught fire shortly after takeoff. The airplane crashed and burned.
Sources:
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
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