ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338974
| Date: | Sunday 24 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-101024 |
| MSN: | 19487 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aldermaston-USAAF Station 467 -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
USAAF Douglas C-47B 43-48924 (msn 26185/14740) crashed on takeoff from Aldermaston. At least one occupant died in the accident.
At the same date and location four other C-47 aircraft were involved in a "taxiing accident". These aircraft may have been hit and damaged by 43-48924, or this was an unrelated accident.
C-47's involved in the "taxiing accident" were:
C-47A 42-101024 (msn 19487): damaged beyond repair
C-47A 43-15035 (msn 19501): damaged beyond repair
C-47B 43-15135 (msn 19601): repaired
C-47 42-32870 (msn 9096): repaired
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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