Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 17 September 1944
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: United States Army Air Force – USAAF
Registration Number: 42-101004
Location: 3 km E of Groesbeek –
ÿ Netherlands
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 15
Component Affected: Burning airplane.Burning airplane.
A ten paratroopers of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment crashed during Operation Market Garden, shot down by flak and crash-landed near Groesbeek.A ten paratroopers of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment crashed during Operation Market Garden, shot down by flak and crash-landed near Groesbeek.
Description
Shot down by flak and crash-landed near Groesbeek during Operation Market Garden. All ten paratroopers of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment jumped from the burning airplane. Two crew members were killed.
Source of Information
http://www.508pir.org/odessey/holland/holland_08.htmhttp://www.508pir.org/odessey/holland/holland_08.htmPrimary Cause
Flak shot down and crash landing during Operation Market Garden.Flak shot down and crash landing during Operation Market Garden.Share on:
