Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 7 June 1944 |
Type: | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | KG329 |
MSN: | 12326 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Ranville, Normandy ( France)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The Dakota III aircraft was hit by fire from an unidentified ship off Normandy, France. The pilot managed to land in flames on the Merville beach. The 4 crew members were taken prisoner. The aircraft was also carrying four members of the Royal Army Supply Corps. Two were taken prisoner and returned to England at the end of the war, the fate of the other two is unknown.
Classification:
Shot down from the ground
Forced landing outside airport
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.