1944 Neuleiningen Douglas DC-3 shootdown

1944 plane shootdown transp Flugzeugabschuss über Neuleiningen March 2025 Shootdown 1944 9 24 yes Shootdown Over Neuleiningen, Nazi Germany Douglas C-47 Dakota III 437 Sqn RCAF KG653 RAF Pershore Cagliari Elmas Airport RAF Castel Benito Karachi 20 3 23 0 On 24 September 1944, Douglas C-47 Dakota serial number KG653 operated by 437 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force was shot down over Neuleiningen by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 after it veered off course into Germany, killing all 23 occupants on board.Ranter Harro ASN Aircraft accident Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) KG653 Neuleiningen https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19440924-1 27 January 2024 Aviation Safety Network Accident The flight took off from RAF Pershore at 3:30 local time. Mid-flight, it encountered poor weather (dark low clouds, heavy rain, thunder, and lightning) and entered Germany.Crash of a Douglas C-47A Dakota III in Neuleiningen: 23 killed https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-douglas-c-47a-dakota-iii-neuleiningen-23-killed 27 January 2024 Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives Later, a Messerschmitt Bf 109 piloted by Julius Meimberg of the Luftwaffe attacked the C-47, firing at its right engine.9 February 2018 Nackterhof: Heimatforscher finden Flugzeugteile an Dakota-Absturzort https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/gruenstadt_artikel,-nackterhof-heimatforscher-finden-flugzeugteile-an-dakota-absturzort-_arid,1094585.html 27 January 2024 Rheinpfalz de The pilot then performed a split S, but the wing tore off and it crashed near Neuleningen, killing all 23 occupants.Memberg Julius Feindberührung: Erinnerungen 1939-1945 Neunundzwanzigsechs 978-3-9807935-1-3 1 November 2002 290–291 de References Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1944 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Germany Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Douglas C-47 Skytrain Category:20th-century aircraft shootdown incidents Neuleiningen Douglas DC-3 shootdown Category:1944 in Germany Category:Accidents and incidents involving Royal Air Force aircraft