Narrative:
Shot down near Surtainville, Normandy, France. The aircraft had just dropped 16 paratroopers.
Shot down from the ground
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-15-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-92868 |
| MSN: | 12716 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Surtainville, Normandy ( France)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Folkingham RAF Station, United Kingdom |
| Folkingham RAF Station, United Kingdom |
Shot down near Surtainville, Normandy, France. The aircraft had just dropped 16 paratroopers.
Classification:
Shot down from the ground
Sources:
» 508pir.org» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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