Narrative:
The C-54 departed the Azores bound for the U.K. En route the aircraft passed overhead a convoy at 5,000 feet on top of broken cloud with visibility 20 miles. A Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Striker mis-identified the transport for a German Focke Wulf FW-200 and shot it down killing all on board.
» RAFCommand.com
» RAN Reserve News, July 2001
» Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 25 March 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54A-DO (DC-4) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-37274 |
| MSN: | 3064 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | off Azores ( Atlantic Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER/LPLA), Portugal |
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The C-54 departed the Azores bound for the U.K. En route the aircraft passed overhead a convoy at 5,000 feet on top of broken cloud with visibility 20 miles. A Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Striker mis-identified the transport for a German Focke Wulf FW-200 and shot it down killing all on board.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)» RAFCommand.com
» RAN Reserve News, July 2001
» Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum
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