ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338456
| Date: | Saturday 24 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-100875 |
| MSN: | 19338 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 11,3 km E of Rees -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Spanhoe-USAAF Station AAF-493 |
| Spanhoe-USAAF Station AAF-493 |
Shot down during Rhein crossing (Operation Varsity). The four crew members were initially declared Missing in Action (MIA), but two later appeared to have survived.
Sources:
MACR
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