Date:	Wednesday 7 June 1944
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-100902
MSN:	19365
Year of manufacture:	1943
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	off English Channel -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Crashed into sea during Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord). The airplane was returning to England after a resupply mission to France.
On board were five crew members, one dropmaster and one war correspondent. The radio operator and crew chief were killed.

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
MACR 16157

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