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| Date: | Sunday 23 August 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-7803 |
| MSN: | 4295 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Moel-y-Gaer Mountain, Wales -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Prestwick-Heathfield Airport (PIK/EGPK) |
| Atcham-USAAF Station 342 |
The C-47A was operated by the USAAF's 14th Fighter Group. It was performing a flight from Prestwick to RAF Atcham. It was during the descent through bad weather that the C-47 crashed into the northern side of Moel-y-Gaer mountain. The aircraft broke up and caught fire. Four crew members and eight passengers died. One passenger survived and was rescued.
Sources:
Peak District Air Accident Research (peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk)
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