ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339408
| Date: | Thursday 21 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | KG489 |
| MSN: | 12810 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Everse -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Blakehill Farm RAF Station |
| Blakehill Farm RAF Station |
Dakota III KG489 was hit by machine-gun and canon fire from Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters. The aircraft operated on a resupply mission to Arnhem, Netherlands, during Operation Market Garden.
The aircraft crashed in flames near a farm along the Everse Akkerpad, just east of Sint-Oedenrode.
Sources:
www.dalecressman.com
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