ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339915
| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-101025 |
| MSN: | 19488 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Carentan -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Merryfield RAF Station (EGDW) |
| Merryfield RAF Station (EGDW) |
Shot down during Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord).
There were 18 paratroopers on board of the 2nd Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment plus equipment.
Sources:
Died In Action Over France
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