Date:	Saturday 24 March 1945
Time:
Type:	Douglas Dakota III (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	FZ649
MSN:	12207
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	UI
Location:	near Wesel -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The Dakota III, FZ649, took part in the Rhine crossing operation. FZ649 released its glider but was then hit in a fuel tank by flak. The wireless operator baled out of the burning aircraft but three other crew members were killed when the aircraft broke up in the air.

Battle of Britain Monument
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge

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