Unfallbericht:
Dakota III KG489 was hit by machine-gun and canon fire from Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters. The aircraft operated on a resupply mission to Arnhem, Netherlands, during Operation Market Garden.
The aircraft crashed in flames near a farm along the Everse Akkerpad, just east of Sint-Oedenrode.
| Status: | |
| Datum: | Donnerstag 21 September 1944 |
| Flugzeugtyp: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Kennzeichen: | KG489 |
| Werknummer: | 12810 |
| Baujahr: | 1944 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Everse ( Niederlande)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Blakehill Farm RAF Station, Großbritannien |
| Blakehill Farm RAF Station, Großbritannien |
Dakota III KG489 was hit by machine-gun and canon fire from Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters. The aircraft operated on a resupply mission to Arnhem, Netherlands, during Operation Market Garden.
The aircraft crashed in flames near a farm along the Everse Akkerpad, just east of Sint-Oedenrode.
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