Date: | Thursday 14 September 1944 |
Time: | 01:00 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-50-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-24317 |
MSN: | 10179 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Warrensburg-Sedalia AAF, MO (SZL) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Vichy AAF, MO (VIH/KVIH) |
Destination airport: | Sedalia Army Air Field, MO (SZL/KSZL) |
Narrative:A nine ship formation of Douglas C-47 transport planes had taken off from Sedalia AAF on a return training flight to Vichy AAF. The V-formation was approaching Sedalia after completing the training mission when the elements of the formation peeled off one after the other for a final approach and landing at Sedalia. One of the aircraft, 42-24321 collided with another C-47, 42-24317. Both aircraft crashed, killing both crews.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR) 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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