Last updated: 24 February 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KG356 |
| C/n / msn: | 12365 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Bassenville ( France)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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The C-47 was hit by flak on approach to dropzone K during Operation Tonga whilst dropping paratroops of 8th Battalion Parachute Regiment. The para bailed out, followed by the navigator and co-pilot. F/O Jones stayed with the aircraft because his injured gunner W/O Engleberg was unable to bail out.
W/O Engleberg survived the crash but F/O Jones was killed.
Sources:
» Air Britain: RAF Aircraft KA100 - KZ999, published 1990» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» 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.
