Accident Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman 44-70285,
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Date:Friday 15 December 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic NORS model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Registration: 44-70285
MSN: 550
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:English Channel -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Twinwood Farm
Destination airport:Paris
Narrative:
The Norseman was carrying the famous musician and band leader Glenn Miller from Twinwood Farm Airfield in Bedfordshire to Paris when it disappeared over the Channel.

Sources:

https://people.com/music/glenn-miller-vanished-mysterious-plane-crash-theories/
https://books.google.fr/books?id=usgtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT229&lpg=PT229&dq=44-70285+norman&source=bl&ots=oeWDHW_Wk0&sig=ACfU3U0ri6x1K4685DpLA9SAwAjTQknQzw&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiex7D24fnfAhUMlxQKHZxyB0gQ6AEwAXoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=44-70285%20norman&f=false
https://www.dennismspragg.com/glenn-miller-declassified/inside/stormy-weather/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
27-Apr-2010 03:21 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
27-Apr-2010 03:23 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
27-Apr-2010 12:12 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
10-Dec-2010 22:24 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
04-Sep-2011 07:40 Uli Elch Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Nov-2011 13:33 angels one five Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
15-Dec-2012 03:47 knobby Updated [Source, Narrative]
17-Dec-2012 01:11 Anon. Updated [Location, Source, Damage]
17-Dec-2012 01:56 harro Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
19-Jan-2019 11:45 Iceman 29 Updated [Source]
13-Mar-2019 13:37 Anon. Updated [Narrative]
07-Dec-2020 20:28 TB Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]

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