Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jun 6, 1944 (22 killed)

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on June 6, 1944 near Magneville Manche, France with 22 fatalities.

C 47 42-100905 of the 95th Troop Carrier Squadron carried paratroopers of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment on the night drop before D Day. It crashed in a field near Magneville at dawn on 6 June 1944, and its four crew and 18 paratroopers were killed.

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