26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3) – 42-100819
Shot down during Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord).
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3) – 42-100733
Shot down by flak while on a mission to drop paratroopers over Angoville-au-Plain, France. Four paratroopers had already jumped when th...
26
Mar
Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) – KG347
Crashed on a beach at the mouth of the Orne River while on a supply drop during Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord). Reportedly shot...
26
Mar
Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) – KG356
The C-47 was hit by flak on approach to dropzone K during Operation Tonga whilst dropping paratroops of 8th Battalion Parachute Regimen...
26
Mar
Douglas C-53D-DO (DC-3) – 42-68694
The aircraft was hit by flak after dropping paratroopers near Picauville, France. With one engine on fire the aircraft was ditched in t...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-15-DK (DC-3) – 42-92868
Shot down near Surtainville, Normandy, France. The aircraft had just dropped 16 paratroopers.
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) – 43-15119
Hit by German flak and ditched during Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord).
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) – 42-100914
Hit by flak and ditched 10 miles off during Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord). The airplane was returning to Exeter after dropping...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) – 43-15169
Ditched after AA damage during Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord).
26
Mar
Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) – KG429
The C-47 was hit by anti-aircraft cannon located near the shipyards. It crashed near the Saint-Martin church of Colombelles, France. Th...