ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339437
| Date: | Tuesday 19 September 1944 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-100879 |
| MSN: | 19342 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Turnhout -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Welford RAF Station |
| Welford RAF Station |
Shot down during Operation Market Garden. One engine was hit and the airplane entered a steep spiral until impacting the ground.
The airplane was on a glider tow mission.
Sources:
MACR
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