Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair in a forced landing after being hit by AA fire near Montaigu-la-Brisette, north of Valognes, France.
The right wing was torn off.
Forced landing outside airport
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| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-92415 |
| MSN: | 12213 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Montaigu-la-Brisette ( France)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fulbeck RAF Station, United Kingdom |
| Fulbeck RAF Station, United Kingdom |
Damaged beyond repair in a forced landing after being hit by AA fire near Montaigu-la-Brisette, north of Valognes, France.
The right wing was torn off.
Classification:
Shot down by aircraftForced landing outside airport
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» MACR
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