List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_DC-3_in_1945
This is a List of accidents and incidents involving Douglas DC-3 A variants that have taken place in the year 1945, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2. Military accidents are included; and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are covered, although acts of war are outside the scope of this list.
- January 8
- United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command C-47 41-7797 crashed in India, three killed.[1][2]
- January 10
- American Airlines Flight 6001 DC-3 NC25684 hit a hill during an instrument approach at Burbank, California, United States.[3]
- February 23
- American Airlines Flight DC-3 NC18142 flew into a mountain near Marion, Virginia, United States.[4]
- April 14
- Pennsylvania Central DC-3 N25692 flew into a mountain near Morgantown, West Virginia, United States.[5]
- June 4
- Pan American Airlines DC-3A NC33611 stalled on take-off at Piarco Airport, Port of Spain, Trinidad.[6]
- August 5
- United States Army Air Forces C-47 41-18505 crashed at Des, Iceland.[7]
- September 7
- Eastern Airlines DC-3 NC33631 crashed at Florence, South Carolina, United States following a fire.[8]
- December 19
- RAAF ambulance aircraft A65-83 crashed on or near an island in the Banda Sea during a storm.[11][12][13]
- December 30
- Eastern Airlines DC-3 NC18123 overshot the runway on landing at La Guardia Airport, New York, United States and ended up in Flushing Bay.[14]