Détails:
The aircraft operated on a paratroop flight to a drop zone near Etienville, Normandy from RAF Saltby.
A forced landing was carried out on mud flats off Etienville after being struck by machine gun fire from the ground.
The aircraft made three approaches to the drop zone but on the third approach both engines failed and the airplane started burning. All paratroopers except for one exited the airplane.
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| Statuts: | |
| Date: | mardi 6 juin 1944 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Compagnie: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Immatriculation: | 42-93002 |
| Numéro de série: | 12865 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1944 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 5 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 18 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 23 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 21 km (13.1 milles) NE de Etienville, Normandy ( France)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Saltby RAF Station, Royaume Uni |
| Saltby RAF Station, Royaume Uni |
The aircraft operated on a paratroop flight to a drop zone near Etienville, Normandy from RAF Saltby.
A forced landing was carried out on mud flats off Etienville after being struck by machine gun fire from the ground.
The aircraft made three approaches to the drop zone but on the third approach both engines failed and the airplane started burning. All paratroopers except for one exited the airplane.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» MACR
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Saltby RAF Station et Saltby RAF Station est de 19868 km (12418 miles).
La distance entre Saltby RAF Station et Saltby RAF Station est de 19868 km (12418 miles).
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