Narrative:
Made a heavy landing at Bankstown and overshot runway 29, killing the flight engineer. The pilot was 2nd Lt George C. Fitzpatrick.
Runway excursion
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 13 April 1945 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-15-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-108879 |
| MSN: | 12638 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Bankstown Airport, NSW (BWU) ( Australia)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Bankstown Airport, NSW (BWU/YSBK), Australia |
Made a heavy landing at Bankstown and overshot runway 29, killing the flight engineer. The pilot was 2nd Lt George C. Fitzpatrick.
Classification:
Heavy landingRunway excursion
Sources:
» adastron.com» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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