ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339921
| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-30734 |
| MSN: | 13885 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 22 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Clainville, Normandy -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Welford RAF Station |
| Welford RAF Station |
Shot down during Operation Albany as part of the Normandy invasion. The airplane carried 17 paratroopers that were to be dropped over Drop Zone C.
Sources:
U.S. Militaria Forum
www.lesfleursdelamemoire.com
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