Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 19 September 1944
Aircraft Type: Douglas Dakota III (DC-3)
Owner/operator: 271 Sqn RAF
Registration Number: FZ626
Location: Bakenbergseweg 262, Arnhem, Gelderland –
ÿ Netherlands
Phase of Flight: Combat
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
A British aircraft, a P/O J.L. Wilson, crashed near Bakenbergseweg 262, Arnhem during Operation Market Garden. The aircraft sustained damage and came to rest.A British aircraft, a P/O J.L. Wilson, crashed near Bakenbergseweg 262, Arnhem during Operation Market Garden. The aircraft sustained damage and came to rest.
Description
Hit by German Flak during Operation Market Garden. The airplane crashed and came to rest near a house at the Bakenbergseweg 262, Arnhem. Pilot P/O. J.L. Wilson / 32 years – RAF – KiA Second Pilot F/Sgt. H. Osborne / 23 years – RAF – KiA Navigator F/Sgt. L.C. Gaydon / 26 years – RAF – PoW Wireless Operator F/Sgt. R.F. French / 24 years – RAF – KiA Air Despatcher Drv. V. Dillworth / RASC – PoW Air Despatcher L/Cpl J. Grace / 28 years – RASC – KiA Air Despatcher Drv. W. Jenkinson / RASC – PoW Air Despatcher Drv. R.C. Newth / 35 years – RASC – died of wounds on the 23rd of September
Source of Information
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T4153, http://harringtonmuseum.org.uk/Aircraft%20lost%20on%20Allied%20Forces%20Special%20Duty%20Operations.pdfhttps://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T4153, http://harringtonmuseum.org.uk/Aircraft%20lost%20on%20Allied%20Forces%20Special%20Duty%20Operations.pdfPrimary Cause
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