Date:	Tuesday 13 July 1943
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	41-18418
MSN:	4480
Year of manufacture:	1942
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	UI
Location:	S of Catania, Sicily -   Italy
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The Douglas C-47 was engaged in "Operation Fustion", a mission to dropping British paratroopers during the night of 13-14 July 1943 over a dropzone south of Catania, Sicily. The airplane was shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire.

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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