ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339494
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Date: | Sunday 17 September 1944 |
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Type: | Douglas C-47A-15-DK Skytrain |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-108884 |
MSN: | 12688 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Bladel -
Netherlands
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down during Operation Market Garden. The cockpit was struck by flak and the C-47 crashed in flames. One crew member who was just outside the cockpit managed to bail out.
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