ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339424
| Date: | Tuesday 19 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-15-DK Skytrain |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-92842 |
| MSN: | 12687 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Retie -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aldermaston-USAAF Station 467 |
| Aldermaston-USAAF Station 467 |
Crashed during Operation Market Garden after being struck by flak in the area of Reusel, Netherlands. Three crewmen bailed out safely and the aircraft crashed at the Vlieerdreef in Retie, Belgium.
Sources:
bhic.nl
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Verliesregister 1939-1945 : Alle militaire vliegtuigverliezen in Nederland tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog - 1944 / Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945
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