ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) 42-93803 Retie
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Date:Sunday 17 September 1944
Time:13:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 42-93803
MSN: 13755
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Retie (   Belgium)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Aldermaston-USAAF Station 467, United Kingdom
Destination airport:Aldermaston-USAAF Station 467, United Kingdom
Narrative:
The aircraft operated on a paratroop mission as part of Operation Market Garden. The 17 paratroopers were dropped over Dropzone A, near Veghel, the Netherlands.
On the way back the aircraft was hit by flak and an in-flight fire developed. One crew members survived after bailing out.

Sources:
» MACR
» armyairforces.com
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge


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