ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 283460
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Date: | Tuesday 19 September 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Waco CG-4A |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-79442 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Scharebrug, West Flanders -
Belgium
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:After the tow cable broke, the glider hit another plane/glider and crashed. All seven occupants died in the crash. Operation Market Garden.
Sources:
https://www.hangarflying.eu/erfgoedsites/herdenkingspaneel-voor-de-bemanning-van-waco-cg-4a-42-79442/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Sep-2022 10:16 |
gerard57 |
Added |
17-Sep-2022 10:17 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Narrative] |
17-Sep-2022 10:17 |
gerard57 |
Updated [[Narrative]] |
09-Nov-2022 00:17 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
14-Nov-2022 06:46 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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