Crash of a Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando in Hesdin: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 27, 1945
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Operator:
Registration:
44-77653
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Survivors:
No
MSN:
33049
YOM:
1944
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Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Crashed in the forest of Hesdin, two km north of the village of Hesdin, while on a supply mission. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Ned Driggers,
1st Lt Edward C. Koenig,
T/Sgt Francis V. Walsh.