Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 SEP 1944 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-80-DL |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-15180 |
| C/n / msn: | 19646 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Ochten (Netherlands) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed during Operation Market Garden. Wreck site located 1992.
Sources:
» Aircraft lost on Allied Force’s Special Duty Operations & Associated Roll of Honour
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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.
