Date:	Tuesday 16 January 1945
Time:	11:00
Type:	Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-93191
MSN:	13075
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	3 km W of Brownfield, IL -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport, IL (HSB/KHSB)
Destination airport:	Atlanta-Fulton County Airport, GA (FTY/KFTY)

Narrative:
A Douglas C-47 was destroyed when it struck terrain and burned near Brownfield, IL. All four crew members were killed. The airplane had departed Malden AAB on a low-altitude navigation flight to Harrisburg, IL and Fulton, IL. The airplane struck a house during a presumed emergency landing.

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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