Narrative:
Shot down during glider tow mission. The C-47 was returning after dropping the glider when it was struck by an explosive shell. The shell exploded in the fire extinguisher box between the pilot and co-pilot. Bullets then pierced the fuselage behind the pilot and a fire had erupted.
One crew member bailed out safely before it crashed in flames.
» MACR
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 27 December 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-100916 |
| MSN: | 19379 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) from Bastogne ( Belgium)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Châteaudun-Advanced Landing Ground A-39 (LFOC), France |
| Châteaudun-Advanced Landing Ground A-39 (LFOC), France |
Shot down during glider tow mission. The C-47 was returning after dropping the glider when it was struck by an explosive shell. The shell exploded in the fire extinguisher box between the pilot and co-pilot. Bullets then pierced the fuselage behind the pilot and a fire had erupted.
One crew member bailed out safely before it crashed in flames.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» MACR
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