Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Aug 11, 1943 (4 killed)

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on August 11, 1943 near Pleuven Finistère, France with 4 fatalities.

A USAAF C 47 flying from Belfast to St Mawgan in Cornwall was shot down by German fighters over Brittany on 11 August 1943 after the crew became lost in marginal weather. Four of the five occupants were killed and one was injured.

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