ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-53D-DO (DC-3) 42-68694 Picauville
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Date:Tuesday 6 June 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-53D-DO (DC-3)
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 42-68694
MSN: 11621
First flight: 1943
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:off Picauville (   France)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Folkingham RAF Station, United Kingdom
Destination airport:Folkingham RAF Station, United Kingdom
Narrative:
The aircraft was hit by flak after dropping paratroopers near Picauville, France. With one engine on fire the aircraft was ditched in the English Channel. The crew was rescued after spending three hours in life rafts.

Classification:
Ditching
Shot down from the ground

Sources:
» 508pir.org
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge


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