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
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Moel-y-Gaer Mountain, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Prestwick-Heathfield Airport (PIK/EGPK)
Destination airport:	Atcham-USAAF Station 342

Narrative:
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.

Peak District Air Accident Research (peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk)

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