Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 23 September 1944
Aircraft Type: Douglas Dakota III (DC-3)
Owner/operator: 48 Sqn RAF
Registration Number: KG370
Location: Rosandepolder, Oosterbeek, Gelderland –
ÿ Netherlands
Phase of Flight: Combat
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: MiA aircraftMiA aircraft
During a re-supply mission for Operation Market Garden, a MiA aircraft crashed over the drop zone. The plane sustained significant damage from German flak and experienced a fire, resulting in its destruction in the Rosandepolder.During a re-supply mission for Operation Market Garden, a MiA aircraft crashed over the drop zone. The plane sustained significant damage from German flak and experienced a fire, resulting in its destruction in the Rosandepolder.
Description
Crashed during a re-supply mission for Operation Market Garden. While over the drop zone, the plane was heavily damaged by German flak. The pilot had to perform an emergency landing. The plane caught fire and was destroyed in the Rosandepolder, just south of Oosterbeek. Pilot P/O. W.R. Pring / 26 years – RAF – MiA Second Pilot P/O. H.E. Coleman / 19 years – RCAF – KiA Navigator F/Sgt. D. Gleave / RAF – PoW Wireless Operator P/O. J.L. Springsteele / RCAF – KiA Air Despatcher L/Cpl F.W.R. Simpson / 34 years – RASC – MiA Air Despatcher Drv. S. Dunford / RASC – PoW Air Despatcher Drv. W.T. Crossley / 41 years – RASC – MiA Air Despatcher Drv. B.H. Hastings / RASC – PoW
Source of Information
http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf, https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T4282, http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.htmlhttp://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Aircraft-lost-on-Allied-Forces-Special-Duty-Operations.pdf, https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T4282, http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.htmlPrimary Cause
German flak damage.German flak damage.Share on:
