ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 185671
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Date: | Tuesday 12 December 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Airspeed Horsa I |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF)? |
Registration: | 12 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 33 / Occupants: 33 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Greenham Common -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Greenham airbase |
Destination airport: | Greenham airbase |
Narrative:The glider crashed on a training flight after the tail section broke off midair. Two pilots and 31 paratroopers died in the crash.
Sources:
http://www.greenhamcommonamericanservicesmemorial.com/horsa_glider_crash.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Mar-2016 19:59 |
gerard57 |
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