44-76230
Object Number - UPL 33367 - "A 9th Troop Carrier Command Douglas C-47 with full Parapack load, wings its way over an Air Force installation during a test flight somewhere in...
Assigned to 82TCS, 436TCG, 8AF USAAF. Fatal crash en route from Wright Patterson AFB to Minneapolis-Wold-Chamberlain Airport. Crashed and destroyed by fire. Pilot, Co-pilot and 2 x passengers wounded. 6 x passengers killed. 27-Oct-45
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Crashed |
Pennville, IN 47369, USA | 27 October 1945 | Fatal Crash due to Engine Failure 3 Miles NW Pennville, Indiana Cat 4 damage Lt Richard E Horner, 27-Oct-45. C-47B 44-76230 |
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Assigned |
Membury, Axminster EX13 7AF, UK | Assigned to 82TCS, 436TCG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Manufactured |
Willow Run Airport, 801 Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, MI 48198, USA | Built at Douglas. |
