ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339423
| Date: | Tuesday 19 September 1944 |
| Time: | 15:55 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-48355 |
| MSN: | 25616/14171 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Best -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Welford RAF Station |
| Welford RAF Station |
The C-47B operated on a glider tow mission as part of Operation Market Garden. The airplane was hit by ground fire as it approach the glider release zone. The airplane pulled up into a stall. The nose then dropped and three occupants managed to bail out. The captain and copilot went down with the plane.
Sources:
Verliesregister 1939-1945 : Alle militaire vliegtuigverliezen in Nederland tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog - 1944 / Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
MACR
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