Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Aug 3, 1944 (28 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on August 3, 1944 near Naper Nebraska, United States with 28 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft went down in a...
- Date: August 3, 1944
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Naper Nebraska, United States
- Fatalities: 28
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft went down in a severe thunderstorm with turbulence.
A United States Army Air Forces Douglas C 47 Skytrain (42-23652) flying from Bruning Army Air Base to Pierre, South Dakota, with 24 passengers and four crew, crashed in a ravine six miles southwest of Naper, Nebraska, on 3 August 1944. All 28 aboard were killed.