Date:	Friday 27 April 1945
Time:	11:40
Type:	Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-93172
MSN:	13054
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	0,8 km SW of Emison Auxiliary Airfield, IN -   United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Lawrenceville-George AAF, IL (LWV/KLWV)
Destination airport:	Lawrenceville-George AAF, IL (LWV/KLWV)

Narrative:
A Douglas C-47 was destroyed when it mushed into the ground while manoeuvring at Emison Auxiliary Airfield. Two crew members were killed. The airplane operated on a routine instrument training flight out of George Field. The pilot had decided to drop a para-pack at Emison. He was manoeuvring in a slipping left turn to obtain a view of the deployed para-pack.

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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