Last updated: 30 November 2021
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 September 1944 |
| Time: | ca 15:10 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-5-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-108837 |
| MSN: | 12218 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | SW of Retie ( Belgium)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chilbolton-USAAF Station AAF-404, United Kingdom |
| Chilbolton-USAAF Station AAF-404, United Kingdom |
Crashed during Operation Market Garden when it was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. The C-47 operated on a glider tow mission from Chilbolton.
Sources:
» MACR» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
