ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339450
| Date: | Monday 18 September 1944 |
| Time: | 14:10 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-15175 |
| MSN: | 19641 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Dodewaard -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Spanhoe-USAAF Station AAF-493 |
| Spanhoe-USAAF Station AAF-493 |
Shot down during Operation Market Garden.
Near Oss, the plane was hit by German anti-aircraft fire. The C-47A was damaged and all occupants bailed out safely. The aircraft continued for approximately 23 km before it crashed near Dodewaard at 14:10 hrs.
Sources:
airwar-nederbetuwe.com
Verliesregister 1939-1945 : Alle militaire vliegtuigverliezen in Nederland tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog - 1944 / Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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