ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339419
| Date: | Wednesday 20 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KG418 |
| MSN: | 12453 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | W of Buunderkamp -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Broadwell RAF Station |
| Broadwell RAF Station |
Crash-landed during a resupply mission to support Operation Market Garden after receiving flak damage over Arnhem. Two air dispatchers bailed out; one was killed. The remaining occupants were caught by German troops.
The airplane was salvaged and relegated Aug 1946 to ground instructional airframe with serial 5567M.
Sources:
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
tracesofwar.com
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