Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 21 September 1944 |
Type: | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | KG404 |
MSN: | 12439 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | nr Eindhoven ( Netherlands)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:On September 21, 1944, thirteen RAF Dakotas took off from England on a supply dropping mission to Dropzone Z at Arnhem.
KG404 was shot by enemy fighters and crash-landed.
Classification:
Shot down by aircraft
Shot down by aircraft
Sources:
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Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)» 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.