ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339917
| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:32 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23638 |
| MSN: | 9500 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | 10 km SW of Négreville -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Barkston Heath RAF Station (EGYE) |
Hit by enemy fire during the Normandy invasion.
The plane belonged to the 61st TCG / 14th TCS and carried paratroopers for the D-Day mission.
Sources:
Aérosteles : Lieux de mémoire aéronautique
www.508pir.org
MACR 6139
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