| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | July 27, 1943 |
| Time: | ? |
| Location: | Naknek AFB, Alaska |
| Operator: | Military - US Army |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | Douglas C-47 Skytrain |
| Registration: | 41-38643 |
| cn / ln: | 4746 |
| Aboard: | 11 (passengers:? crew:?) |
| Fatalities: | 11 (passengers:? crew:?) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft failed to clear the top of a ridge on the approach leg to, Naknek AFB and crashed 12 miles north of the airport in poor weather conditions. Second Lieutenant Ruth M. Gardiner, Nurse Corps, United States Army, was the first American nurse to die in the line of duty during World War II. |
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