Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 13 January 1944
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-53D Skytrooper (DC-3)
Owner/operator: United States Army Air Force – USAAF
Registration Number: 42-68728
Location: Grindonÿ –
ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft structureAircraft structure
Category: Accident
A structural failure resulted in a crash of an aircraft.A structural failure resulted in a crash of an aircraft.
Description
Structural failure; crashed.
Source of Information
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