Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jul 1, 1945 (5 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on July 1, 1945 near Spring Lake Texas, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft went out of control...
- Date: July 1, 1945
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Spring Lake Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft went out of control in bad weather before it broke up.
A USAAF Douglas C 47 flying from Fort Sumner to Greenville, Texas, disintegrated in the air in bad weather and crashed in a prairie at Spring Lake on 1 July 1945. All five crew were killed.