Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Nov 11, 1944 (11 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on November 11, 1944 near Mt Strawberry California, United States with 11 fatalities. Cause: The pilot had lost...
- Date: November 11, 1944
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Mt Strawberry California, United States
- Fatalities: 11
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot had lost radio contact and was navigating by dead reckoning, then descended through instrument conditions with severe icing after receiving inadequate weather and wind information at Bakersfield.
A USAAF C 47B flying from San Rafael to Bakersfield toward Los Angeles struck a mountain slope near Mt Strawberry, California, on the night of 11 November 1944 while descending toward Mines Field. One occupant survived, and accounts differ on the death toll.