ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340518
| Date: | Tuesday 30 November 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-40-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-24030 |
| MSN: | 9892 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3,2 km SSW of Membury USAAF Station 466 -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Welford RAF Station |
| Welford RAF Station |
Two Douglas C-47A transport planes from the 71st Sq. of the 434th Troop Carrier Group, 42-24028 (msn 9890) and 42-24030 (msn 9892), were destroyed in an accident near Membury USAAF Station, in Wiltshire, England, following a mid-air collision.
The aircraft were operating on a routine formation training mission out of Welford.
Sources:
MACR
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Aviation Archaeology - local crash sites
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