1945 – Mar 3, USAAF C-47 transport, UK-Orly AP approach fire/crash NW Paris, France–all 16

Compiled 12-17-2023 by Wayne Blanchard for: http://www.usdeadlyevents.com/ 

–16  Aviation Safety Network. USAAF Douglas C-47 Orly AP approach crash, France, 3-3-1945

–16  Baugher, Joe F. 1943 USAAF Serial Numbers (43-5109 to 43-52437). 9-1-2023 revision.

Narrative Information

Aviation Safety Network, Flight Safety Foundation, Database, 1945, p. 40:

“Date:                          Saturday 3 March 1945

“Type:                         Douglas C-47A-30DK (DC-3)

“Operator:                   United States Army Air Force – USAAF

“Registration:              43-48223

“MSN:                         25484/14039

“First flight:                 1944

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“Total:                         Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16

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“Location:                   Carmeilles-en-Vallangou (France)

“Phase:                        Approach (APR)

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“Destination airport:    Paris-Orly Airport…France

“Narrative:                   Crashed on approach to Orly after a flight from England.”

Baugher: “….Douglas C-47A-30-DK….48223 (MSN 14039/25484) To USAAF Jul 26, 1944….1403^rd Base Unit, Air Transport Command, Prestwick (Station 500), Scotland. The aircraft took off from Prestwick, Scotland on a flight to Paris-Orly, France transporting Press, US Navy and USO civilian passengers. It crashed with the right engine and wing on fire, hit a small hill which broke off the right wing and destroyed by fire between Cormeilles-en-Vexin and Vallangoujard, France 3Mar45 (16KIS].”

Sources

Aviation Safety Network, Flight Safety Foundation, Database, 1945, p. 40. USAAF Douglas C-47A, Orly Airport approach crash near Paris, France, 3-3-1945. Accessed 12-18-2023 at: https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19450303-1

Baugher, Joseph F. 1943 USAAF Serial Numbers (43-5109 to 43-52437). 9-1-2023 revision. Accessed 12-18-2023 at: https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html