UI Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) KG424,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339945
 

Date:Tuesday 6 June 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas Dakota III (DC-3)
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: KG424
MSN: 12459
Year of manufacture:1944
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:UI
Location:near Giberville -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down during Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord).

Sources:

francecrashes39-45.net
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft KA100 - KZ999, published 1990
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Aircraft lost on Allied Force’s Special Duty Operations & Associated Roll of Honour

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