Airplane Crash - Near Savannah, Georgia 01/07/1948

Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Savannah, Georgia

Date	01/07/1948
Time	07:45
Location	Near Savannah, Georgia
Operator	Coastal Air Lines
Route	Charlston - Savannah
Type	Douglas DC-3
Registration	N60331
Cn/In	12968
Aboard	27
Fatalities	18
Ground	0
Summary	After both engines stopped in flight and attempts to restart them failed, the aircraft banked sharply, stalled and crashed 10 miles east northeast of Savannah. The fuel selector valves were positioned so that both engines were supplied fuel from only one of the auxilliary tanks until the fuel was exhausted and control of the plane was lost.