ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) 43-15048 Oxford
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Date:Wednesday 7 June 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3)
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 43-15048
MSN: 19514
First flight: 1944
Crew:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Oxford (   United Kingdom)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Folkingham-USAAF Station AAF-484, United Kingdom
Destination airport:Folkingham-USAAF Station AAF-484, United Kingdom
Narrative:
The C-47 operated on an ammunition and supply drop over the Cherbourg area, France. It was one of 52 C-47s in Operation Freeport, supplying the 82nd Airborne Division.

Sources:
» aviationarchaeology.org.uk
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge


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