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Crash of a Douglas C-47B-1-DL near Cordelia: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 12, 1945 at 0005 LT
Operator:
Registration:
43-16383
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
McClellan – San Rafael
MSN:
20849
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Shortly after midnight, while cruising in low visibility, the twin engine aircraft hit a ridge and crashed in a canyon located 3,5 miles southwest of Cordelia. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Pvt Harry S. Cooper,
1st Lt Glen K. Dorsey,
1st Lt Francis E. Reagan.