ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339947
| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KG347 |
| MSN: | 12354 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | near Ouistreham -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Broadwell RAF Station |
| Broadwell RAF Station |
Crashed on a beach at the mouth of the Orne River while on a supply drop during Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord).
Reportedly shot down by friendly fire.
Sources:
francecrashes39-45.net
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft KA100 - KZ999, published 1990
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