Narrative:
Hit by flak and ditched 10 miles off during Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord). The airplane was returning to Exeter after dropping 17 paratroopers over Normandy.
Ditching
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| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-100914 |
| MSN: | 19377 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 16 km (10 mls) off Normandy ( France)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Exeter Airport (EXT/EGTE), United Kingdom |
| Exeter Airport (EXT/EGTE), United Kingdom |
Hit by flak and ditched 10 miles off during Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord). The airplane was returning to Exeter after dropping 17 paratroopers over Normandy.
Classification:
Shot down from the groundDitching
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» BattleatBest.com
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