ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339459
| Date: | Monday 18 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-32806 |
| MSN: | 9032 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | near De Horst -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Barkston Heath RAF Station (EGYE) |
| Barkston Heath RAF Station (EGYE) |
Douglas C-47 42-32806 was one of 40 aircraft towing a towing CG-4A gliders to LZ-T near Groesbeek in the Netherlands.
During the flight the formation encountered flak in the coastal area and near s-Hertogenbosch. With small anti-aircraft guns of 20 mm, the Germans started shooting at the approaching airplanes. The aircraft was hit just after releasing the glider. Both engines quit. The aircraft force landed in a field, hitting and killing four cows.
Sources:
airbornetroopcarrier.com
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