ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339489
| Date: | Sunday 17 September 1944 |
| Time: | 13:32 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-100981 |
| MSN: | 19444 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 15 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Retie -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by Flak during Operation Market Garden.
There were ten Pathfinders of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division on board, six of whom survived.
Sources:
Monument C-47 42-100981 Chevelet
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