Date:	Wednesday 7 June 1944
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	43-15048
MSN:	19514
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Oxford -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Folkingham-USAAF Station AAF-484
Destination airport:	Folkingham-USAAF Station AAF-484

Narrative:
The C-47 operated on an ammunition and supply drop over the Cherbourg area, France. It was one of 52 C-47s in Operation Freeport, supplying the 82nd Airborne Division.

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