Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 7 June 1944 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-100902 |
MSN: | 19365 |
First flight: | 1943 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | off English Channel ( United Kingdom)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
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.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» MACR 16157
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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.