ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338992
| Date: | Friday 22 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-93508 |
| MSN: | 13427 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Whitehill Copse, Ramsbury -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Grove USAAF Station AAF-519 |
The wingtip struck trees causing the C-47 transport plane to crash as it attempted to land at Ramsbury. The airplane was diverting there because it was unable to reach the destination of Grove or the alternate Exeter due to weather.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Aviation Archaeology - local crash sites
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