ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339452
| Date: | Monday 18 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK Skytrain |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-93001 |
| MSN: | 12864 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rhenen -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Saltby-USAAF Station AAF-538 |
| Saltby-USAAF Station AAF-538 |
Crashed during Operation Market Garden. The right hand engine was on fire when it was approaching the drop zone near Wageningen. A forced landing was carried out.
Sources:
tracesofwar.nl
Verliesregister 1939-1945 : Alle militaire vliegtuigverliezen in Nederland tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog - 1944 / Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
MACR
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