| Date: | Saturday 23 September 1944 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KG370 |
| MSN: | 12379 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Oosterbeek -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Down Ampney RAF Station |
| Down Ampney RAF Station |
Crashed during Operation Market Garden. While over the drop zone, the plane was heavily damaged by German flak. The pilot had to perform an emergency landing. The plane caught fire and was destroyed in the Rosandepolder, just south of Oosterbeek.
Sources:
harringtonmuseum.org.uk
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
Location
Images:
photo (c) Herman; Oosterbeek; 1944
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