Date:	Wednesday 7 June 1944
Time:
Type:	Douglas Dakota III (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	KG329
MSN:	12326
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	UI
Location:	near Ranville, Normandy -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The Dakota III aircraft was hit by fire from an unidentified ship off Normandy, France. The pilot managed to land in flames on the Merville beach. The 4 crew members were taken prisoner. The aircraft was also carrying four members of the Royal Army Supply Corps. Two were taken prisoner and returned to England at the end of the war, the fate of the other two is unknown.

Aérosteles : Lieux de mémoire aéronautique
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge

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