Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 23 September 1944
Aircraft Type: Douglas Dakota III (DC-3)
Owner/operator: 437 Sqn RCAF
Registration Number: KG315
Location: Keulse Kamp hamlet, Driel, Gelderland –
ÿ Netherlands
Phase of Flight: Combat
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
A re-supply mission involving a commercial aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff. The pilot and co-pilot did not survive.A re-supply mission involving a commercial aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff. The pilot and co-pilot did not survive.
Description
Takeoff at 13.27 LT for a re-supply mission. Crashed. The crew didn’t survive. Pilot F/O. W.R. Paget / RCAF Second Pilot F/O. D.L. Jack / 21 years – RCAF Navigator/Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. D.J. O’Sullivan / 28 years – RCAF Wireless Operator W/O. I R.I. Pinner / 25 years – RCAF Air Despatcher Cpl. T.H. Baxter / 35 years – RASC Air Despatcher Cpl. L.J. Clark / 37 years – RASC Air Despatcher Drv. F.W. Beardsley / 29 years – RASC Air Despatcher Drv. P. Williams / 18 years – RASC
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=T4283, 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=T4283, http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.htmlPrimary Cause
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