Last updated: 11 August 2020
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KG429 |
| C/n / msn: | 12464 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 19 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Colombelles ( France)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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The C-47 was hit by anti-aircraft cannon located near the shipyards. It crashed near the Saint-Martin church of Colombelles, France.
The airplane was operated by the No. 46 Group of the Royal Air Force Transport Command, carrying a stick of paratroopers of the 8th Battalion Parachute Regiment during the invasion of Normandy during World War 2.
Sources:
» Le Forum dday-overlord.com» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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