ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339499
| Date: | Sunday 17 September 1944 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-15308 |
| MSN: | 19774 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | near Heijningen -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The C-47A transport plane was hit by anti aircraft fire near Heijningen, the Netherlands. The airplane was carrying 15 paratroopers during Operation Market Garden. Sixteen occupants bailed out safely as the aircraft began trailing smoke. The airplane then went into a steep dive and crashed near the Postbaan, Heijningen.
Sources:
Shot Down Behind Enemy Lines: The Men On the C-47 'Bette' Went Through a Terrifying Ordeal (nationalinterest.org)
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