Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Dec 22, 1944 (6 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on December 22, 1944 near Bosley Cheshire, United Kingdom with 6 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft struck a tree...
- Date: December 22, 1944
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Bosley Cheshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft struck a tree while flying in low cloud with visibility of about 20 to 40 yards.
A USAAF C 47A of the 33rd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron flying supplies and passengers from Burtonwood toward Le Culot turned back because of bad weather. In low cloud with visibility of about 20 to 40 yards it struck a tree at Bosley, Cheshire, and burned. Six people died, one of them in hospital, and the pilot survived with injuries.