Cleveland – Monroe

On April 21, 1943 at 11:26 PM, Cleveland – Monroe experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, operated by United States Army Air Forces - USAAF, with the event recorded near Evansville-William H. Dress Indiana.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was on its way from Cleveland, Ohio, to Monroe, Louisiana. En route, due to weather deterioration, the crew decided to divert to Evansville-Dress Airport. During the final approach completed by night and marginal weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft crashed few miles short of runway threshold and was destroyed by impact forces. All ten occupants were killed. Crew: Cpt Paul D. Jones, Cpt William V. Litvin, 1st Lt George F. Dennison, 1st Lt Carlton B. Overton Jr., 2nd Lt Howard D. Baer, 2nd Lt John W. Kerrigan, 2nd Lt Charles W. McLaughlin, 2nd Lt Micharl W. Schaffer, S/Sgt James P. Taylor, S/Sgt Arthur A. Vandoli.

Aircraft reference details include registration 42-55864, MSN 18-2254, year of manufacture 1942.