ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339919
| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-15-DK Skytrain (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-92894 |
| MSN: | 12745 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km N of Reuville -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Newbury-Greenham Common RAF Station (EWY/EGVI) |
| Newbury-Greenham Common RAF Station (EWY/EGVI) |
Crash-landed in Normandy after the release of her glider during the Normandy invasion. The C-47 was part of Mission Elmira and operated by the 438th Troop Carrier Group.
The right hand engine had failed just prior to the crash-landing.
Sources:
6juin1944.com
http://www.6juin1944.com/veterans/baer.php
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