ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339477
| Date: | Monday 18 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-15180 |
| MSN: | 19646 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Ochten -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed during Operation Market Garden. All six American crew members and eighteen British paratroopers died. The aircraft was heading towards the drop zones west of Arnhem, the Netherlands when it was hit by German Flak near Ochten.
Sources:
Aircraft lost on Allied Forces Special Duty Operations & Associated Roll of Honour
TracesofWar.com
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