Status: | |
Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 43-15169 |
MSN: | 19635 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | English Channel ( France)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Ditched after AA damage during Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord).
Classification:
Shot down from the ground
Ditching
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.