Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Oct 30, 1944 (11 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on October 30, 1944 near Jersey Channel Islands, United Kingdom with 11 fatalities. Cause: German flak hit the...
- Date: October 30, 1944
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Jersey Channel Islands, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 11
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: German flak hit the aircraft as it flew low over Jersey after an electrical failure had taken it off course.
A USAAF C 47 on a flight from Villacoublay near Paris to Cherbourg lost its electrical system, drifted over the Channel and was shot down by flak while approaching Jersey on the night of 30 October 1944. It came down in the sea at Bouley Bay.