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Douglas C-47A-85-DL Skytrain, 43-15513 (MSDN 19979) Delivered to USAAF on the 5th of April 1944. Ninth Air Force on the 16th of May 1944. 44th Troop Carrier Squadron (6E*M; Nose #53), 316th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Cottesmore (Station 489). Transported paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone near Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission 'Boston' on the 6th of June 1944. Transported supplies for the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment on Mission 'Freeport', on the 7th of June 1944. Transported paratroopers of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division to a drop zone near Overasselt, SW of Nijmegen, Netherlands on Operation 'Market', on the 17th September 1944. Towed a Waco CG-4A glider transporting men and materials for the 82nd Airborne Division to a landing zone near Groesbeek, Netherlands on Operation 'Market', on the 18th September 1944. TDY to Wethersfield (Station 170) on the 21st of March 1945. Transported British 13th Parachute Battalion paratroopers to a drop zone at the southern edge of the Diersfordt, three miles northwest of Wesel, Germany on Operation 'Varsity' on the 24th of March 1945. Returned to US on the 25th of September 1945. To RFC on the 25th of September 1945. NC32975 Spencer Airways on the 20th of January 1947. VP-YFD Spencer Airways (mispainted as VP-YFE) crashed Croydon, UK on the 25th of January 1947. Just after becoming airborne, the plane never gained altitude, overran the runway and crashed into a Ceskoslovenske Dakota.
Twelve of 23 onboard killed on the Spencer Airways none on the Ceskoslovenske. Loss of control by the captain of the Spencer Airways plane, who, when attempting to take-off a heavily loaded aircraft in poor visibility allowed it to become airborne in a semi-stalled condition.
Twelve of 23 onboard killed on the Spencer Airways none on the Ceskoslovenske. Loss of control by the captain of the Spencer Airways plane, who, when attempting to take-off a heavily loaded aircraft in poor visibility allowed it to become airborne in a semi-stalled condition.