Date:	Saturday 23 December 1944
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	43-48056
MSN:	25317/13872
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	UI
Location:	near Bastogne -   Belgium
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Membury USAAF Station 466
Destination airport:	Chalgrove USAAF Station 465 (EGLJ)

Narrative:
The airplane operated on a resupply drop flight to Belgium. It departed from Membury USAAF Station 466 and was due to return to Chalgrove USAAF Station 465.
A witness saw the airplane fall away on fire in a left bank, shortly after dropping the load.

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
MACR

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