ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339406
| Date: | Thursday 21 September 1944 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KG566 |
| MSN: | 13158 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Eindhoven -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Blakehill Farm RAF Station |
| Blakehill Farm RAF Station |
Douglas Dakota KG566 of 233 Sqn RAF took off from RAF Station Blakehill Farm at 13:20 hours on 21 September 1944, to carry out a mission dropping panniers in an Operation Market Garden resupply operation on a DE in the Arnhem area.
This aircraft was one of twenty which were engaged on the operation and the Captains of other aircraft on the mission reported intense enemy opposition in the form of flak and fighter aircraft were encountered around the target area. No reports were received from KG566 which did not return from the mission. It was assumed that the aircraft was shot down in or around the target area.
Sources:
Aircraft lost on Allied Forces Special Duty Operations & Associated Roll of Honour
Verliesregister 1939-1945 : Alle militaire vliegtuigverliezen in Nederland tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog - 1944 / Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945
RAAF fatalities in Second World War among RAAF personnel serving on attachment in Royal Air Force Squadrons and Support Units / by Alan Storr, 2006
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