Last updated: 24 April 2019
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 7 June 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-100735 |
| C/n / msn: | 19198 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | English Channel ( France)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Shot down during Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord) and ditched in Channel.
Classification:
Shot down from the groundDitching
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. GradidgePhotos
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.
