Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1944 |
Time: | 01:12 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-93095 |
MSN: | 12969 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
Total: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Beuzeville-au-Plain ( France)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The C-47 was probably shot down by German anti-aircraft fire during the Normandy invasion.
The plane belonged to the 91st Troop carrier squadron, 439th TCG and carried paratroopers for the D-Day mission. The pilot was 1st Lt. Harold A. Capelluto.
Sources:
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Aérosteles : Lieux de mémoire aéronautique» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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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.