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| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KG429 |
| MSN: | 12464 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 23 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Colombelles -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The C-47 was hit by anti-aircraft cannon located near the shipyards. It crashed near the Saint-Martin church of Colombelles, France.
The airplane was operated by the No. 46 Group of the Royal Air Force Transport Command, carrying a stick of paratroopers of the 8th Battalion Parachute Regiment during the invasion of Normandy during World War 2.
Sources:
Le Forum dday-overlord.com
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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