ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-54E-1-DO (DC-4) 44-9026 Wilmington-New Castle AAB, DE (ILG)
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Date:Friday 20 July 1945
Time:07:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-54E-1-DO (DC-4)
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 44-9026
MSN: 27252
First flight: 1945
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Wilmington-New Castle AAB, DE (ILG) (   United States of America)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Wilmington-New Castle AAB, DE (ILG/KILG), United States of America
Destination airport:Wilmington-New Castle AAB, DE (ILG/KILG), United States of America
Narrative:
The C-54E took off from New Castle AAB, DE at 03:22 on a local transition flight. Several simulated instrument approaches were flown. During one of these approaches the airplane crossed the airfield and impacted the ground from a low altitude.
Investigators were not able to find the cause of the accident.

Sources:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher


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