After its final assembly in 1944 she was delivered to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).

The aircraft was equipped with four Pratt & Whitney R-2000-2SD-13G Twin Wasp radial engines.

For the return flight, the plane departed from the gate at 10:45 p.m. and took off from the right southbound runway was at 10:57 p.m. At the time of the takeoff it was snowing.

At an altitude of 500-800 feet, a stall occurred and the aircraft fell nose-first and over the right wing towards the ground.

A partial recovery from the stall was made before the aircraft crashed to the ground and burst into flames.