Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Sep 15, 1944 (1 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on September 15, 1944 near Montfaucon Gard, France with 1 fatality. Cause: The right engine failed while the...
- Date: September 15, 1944
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Montfaucon Gard, France
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The right engine failed while the aircraft was flying at low level along the Rhone.
A USAAF C 47 carrying staff from Ambérieu en Bugey to Istres lost its right engine over the Rhone on 15 September 1944 and hit a ferry cable while ditching at low height. One passenger drowned and the other six occupants reached the shore.