Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Sep 24, 1944 (12 killed)

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on September 24, 1944 near Mackall AAF North Carolina, United States with 12 fatalities.

A USAAF C 47 on a night parachute drop exercise near Camp MacKall, North Carolina, was struck by a parachute bundle dropped from another C 47 of its formation. It rolled into a spin and crashed and burned on 24 September 1944, killing all 12 aboard.

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