ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338139
| Date: | Thursday 10 May 1945 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-77406 |
| MSN: | 32802 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 17 km from Dungeness -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
A Supermarine Spitfire flew into a formation of aircraft hitting the left wing the C-46. The C-46 had its wing sheared off and spun to the ground from an altitude of 3000 feet. The Spitfire disintegrated on impact.
Sources:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=13303
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