ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339506
| Date: | Sunday 17 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-DK Skytrain (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-92064 |
| MSN: | 11823 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | 56 km SW of Groesbeek -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Folkingham RAF Station |
| Folkingham RAF Station |
The C-47 operated on a paratrooper mission during Operation Market Garden. The airplane was heading home after dropping 20 paratroopers when it was likely hit by ground fire.
Sources:
MACR
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