ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340044
| Date: | Friday 12 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-15-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-108877 |
| MSN: | 12618 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Berwick -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Two C-47A transport planes (42-108877 and 42-92679) crashed following a midair collision. The aircraft were flying night formation during an exercise, "Operation Eagle". This operation included 800 aircraft as a rehearsal for the Normandy invasion.
Passengers and crew of both aircraft were killed.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
MACR
Images:
photo (c) Julian MW Dowse; Holy Trinity Church, Coates, UK; 12 May 2020
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