42-68728

On January 13, 1944 at 12:00 AM, 42-68728 experienced a crash involving Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), operated by United States Army Air Forces - USAAF, with the event recorded near Ossoms Hill Staffordshire.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route, a structural failure forced the crew to reduce his altitude and attempting an emergency landing in an open field. On final, aircraft hit three small rocky wall before coming to rest in a prairie. While the aircraft was damaged beyond repair, all 9 occupants escaped unhurt.

Aircraft reference details include registration 42-68728, MSN 11655, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.0953°, -1.8628°.