List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1945

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This is a List of accidents and incidents involving Douglas DC-3 A variants that have taken place in the year 1945, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2. Military accidents are included; and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are covered, although acts of war are outside the scope of this list.

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January 8
United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command C-47 41-7797 crashed in India, three killed. [1] [2]
January 10
American Airlines Flight 6001 DC-3 NC25684 hit a hill during an instrument approach at Burbank, California, United States. [3]
February 23
American Airlines Flight DC-3 NC18142 flew into a mountain near Marion, Virginia, United States. [4]
April 14
Pennsylvania Central DC-3 N25692 flew into a mountain near Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. [5]
June 4
Pan American Airlines DC-3A NC33611 stalled on take-off at Piarco Airport, Port of Spain, Trinidad. [6]
August 5
United States Army Air Forces C-47 41-18505 crashed at Des, Iceland. [7]
September 7
Eastern Airlines DC-3 NC33631 crashed at Florence, South Carolina, United States following a fire. [8]
December 12
United States Army Air Forces C-47 41-38700 crashed probably in Italy. [9] [10]
December 19
RAAF ambulance aircraft A65-83 crashed on or near an island in the Banda Sea during a storm. [11] [12] [13]
December 30
Eastern Airlines DC-3 NC18123 overshot the runway on landing at La Guardia Airport, New York, United States and ended up in Flushing Bay. [14]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Douglas XCG-17</span> Prototype for a sailing military aircraft, based on the Douglas DC-3

The Douglas XCG-17 was an American assault glider, developed by the conversion of a C-47 Skytrain twin-engine transport during World War II. Although the XCG-17 was successfully tested, the requirement for such a large glider had passed, and no further examples of the type were built; one additional C-47, however, was converted in the field to glider configuration briefly during 1946 for evaluation, but was quickly reconverted to powered configuration.

Eastern Air Lines Flight 665 was a domestic airline flight, on January 12, 1947, using a Douglas C-49-DO, which deviated from its course during a rainstorm, struck high ground a few miles west of Galax, Virginia, and burned, killing all but one of the 19 aboard.

References

  1. ↑ Berry 1971, p. 44
  2. ↑ "1941 USAAF Serial Numbers (41-6722 to 41-13296)". 14 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Berry 1971, p. 33
  4. ↑ Berry 1971, p. 31
  5. ↑ Berry 1971, p. 35
  6. ↑ Berry 1971, p. 38
  7. ↑ "1941 USAAF Serial Numbers (41-13297 to 41-24339)". 12 January 2019.
  8. ↑ Berry 1971, p. 40
  9. ↑ Berry 1971, p. 86
  10. ↑ "1941 USAAF Serial Numbers (41-30848 to 41-39600)". 6 August 2018.
  11. ↑ Kaitlyn Offer (April 24, 2013). "Family turns to Facebook to solve WWII mystery". PerthNow. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "Dakota A65-83". RAFCommands.com. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47B-30-DK (DC-3)". Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  14. ↑ Berry 1971, p. 28

Notes

^Note A Military versions of the DC-3 were known as C-47 Skytrain, C-48, C-49, C-50, C-51, C-52, C-53 Skytrooper, C-68, C-84, C-117 Super Dakota and YC-129 by the United States Army Air Forces and as the R4D by the United States Navy. In Royal Air Force (and other British Commonwealth air forces') service, these aircraft were known as Dakotas.

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