ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339936
Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
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Type: | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | KG429 |
MSN: | 12464 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 23 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Colombelles -
France
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
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Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The C-47 was hit by anti-aircraft cannon located near the shipyards. It crashed near the Saint-Martin church of Colombelles, France.
The airplane was operated by the No. 46 Group of the Royal Air Force Transport Command, carrying a stick of paratroopers of the 8th Battalion Parachute Regiment during the invasion of Normandy during World War 2.
Sources:
Le Forum dday-overlord.com The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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