26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-5-DK (DC-3) – 42-108837
Crashed during Operation Market Garden when it was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. The C-47 operated on a glider tow mission from Chil...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) – 42-100879
Shot down during Operation Market Garden. One engine was hit and the airplane entered a steep spiral until impacting the ground. The ai...
26
Mar
Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) – KG401
The Douglas Dakota III aircraft had just dropped its supplies from 700 feet during Operation Market Garden when it was met with intense...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-45-DL (DC-3) – 42-24127
The C-47 was on a glider towing mission when it came under heavy anti-aircraft, small arms and 20 mm fire from the ground. The left eng...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) – 42-100885
The aircraft was on a resupply mission to Groesbeek in the Netherlands when it was hit by flak northeast of Brugge, Belgium. A fire bro...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-15-DK Skytrain – 42-92842
Crashed during Operation Market Garden after being struck by flak in the area of Reusel, Netherlands. Three crewmen bailed out safely a...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-45-DL (DC-3) – 42-24111
Shot down during Operation Market Garden. All paratroopers and all but two crew members bailed out when the aircraft caught fire after ...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) – 42-93803
The aircraft operated on a paratroop mission as part of Operation Market Garden. The 17 paratroopers were dropped over Dropzone A, near...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) – 42-100981
Shot down by Flak during Operation Market Garden. There were ten Pathfinders of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division on board, six of whom...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) – 42-100874
The C-47A had dropped paratroopers near Son, the Netherlands as part of Operation Market Garden. On the way back the aircraft was hit b...