Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair when a paratrooper dropped a grenade during preparation for the Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord).
» 315group.org
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-15342 |
| MSN: | 19808 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Spanhoe-USAAF Station AAF-493 ( United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Spanhoe-USAAF Station AAF-493, United Kingdom |
| ? |
Damaged beyond repair when a paratrooper dropped a grenade during preparation for the Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord).
Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» 315group.org
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