ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339428
| Date: | Tuesday 19 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-100885 |
| MSN: | 19348 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | NE of Brugge -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lonrai Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-45 |
The aircraft was on a resupply mission to Groesbeek in the Netherlands when it was hit by flak northeast of Brugge, Belgium. A fire broke out on the right hand wing. The copilot bailed out but the fire then went out.
The pilot then brought the plane down at or near Brussels, Belgium.
Sources:
MACR 11179
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