ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-65-DL Skytrain 42-100556 Esch
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Date:Monday 18 September 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-65-DL Skytrain
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 42-100556
MSN: 19019
First flight: 1943
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Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Esch (   Netherlands)
Phase: Unknown (UNK)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Shot down during Operation Market Garden.

Sources:
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
» Verliesregister 1939-1945 : Alle militaire vliegtuigverliezen in Nederland tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog - 1944 / Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge


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