New Osprey on US C-47/R4D Units

[Atcham Tower]

David, I bought your book last year. Congratulations on a masterly effort! I was especially interested in Colour Plate 29 - 43-48474 of the 27th ATG. Her sister ship, 473, crashed in the Welsh mountains in November 44, much of the wreckage falling from a cliff into a lake. The aircraft was on a flight from Le Bourget to Burtonwood but was diverted to Valley because of thick fog. They were probably homing on the Valley radio range but maybe unaware of the high ground up to 3,500 feet in these parts, as they hit at about 2,000 ft. The tail section was recovered from the lake back in the 1970s and the fin is now in the aviation archaeology museum at Fort Perch, Wirral (close to Liverpool). It still bears the serial no and the black and yellow stripes of the 27th. I'm still looking for a photo of this ship. Have you ever seen one?