Accident Douglas C-47A-15-DK (DC-3) 42-92888,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339703
 

Date:Friday 28 July 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47A-15-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 42-92888
MSN: 12739
Year of manufacture:1944
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Membury USAAF Station 466 -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Membury USAAF Station 466
Destination airport:Membury USAAF Station 466
Narrative:
Crashed during takeoff from Membury USAAF Station 466. The aircraft operated on a supply mission to the Normandy front.

Sources:

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
The 310th Troop Carrier Squadron

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