ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340189
Date: | Saturday 25 March 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-54A-DO (DC-4) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 41-37274 |
MSN: | 3064 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | off Azores -
Atlantic Ocean
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER/LPLA) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The C-54 departed the Azores bound for the U.K. En route the aircraft passed overhead a convoy at 5,000 feet on top of broken cloud with visibility 20 miles. A Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Striker mis-identified the transport for a German Focke Wulf FW-200 and shot it down killing all on board.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR) RAFCommand.com
RAN Reserve News, July 2001
Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum Location
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