Date:	Saturday 7 April 1945
Time:	13:48
Type:	Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	43-47187
MSN:	258
Year of manufacture:	1945
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	3 km SW of Lawrenceville-George AAF, IL (LWV) -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Lawrenceville-George AAF, IL (LWV/KLWV)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The transport plane entered a dive from a height of about 400 feet after takeoff from runway 23 and crashed. It appeared that the elevator gust locks were still in place.

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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