ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339409
Date: | Thursday 21 September 1944 |
Time: | 14:15 |
Type: | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | KG444 |
MSN: | 12479 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Oploo -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Dakota crew had delivered their load of supplies during Operation Market Garden. The pilot climbed to 6,000 feet and carried out a circuit on the dropping areas before setting course to the south and climbing to 8,000 feet. South of Nijmegen, the aircraft was attacked by a Luftwaffe Fw 190 fighter plane.
The Dakota sustained damage and a fire erupted. The pilot elected to crash-land the aircraft, when he realised that several of the dispatchers had been wounded. Three occupants died in the crash-landing and five survived. F/L Edwards, his wireless operator and a soldier were able to reach Allied lines but the two other crew were made POWs.
Sources:
World War 2 Talk Forum
Market Garden Roll of Honour Location
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