Status: | |
Date: | Tuesday 26 December 1944 |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-5-DK (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 43-48718 |
MSN: | 25979/14534 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | S of Bastogne ( Belgium)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The aircraft was hit by flak and ground machine gun fire during a supply drop mission in Belgium.
All crew bailed out after a fire erupted in the cockpit. One crew member's parachute did not open and the other was killed by enemy machine gun fire from the ground.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» MACR
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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.