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2nd April 2008, 22:33
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USAAF C-47 Loss at Beachy Head
At some date fairly soonish after 6 June 1944 a C-47 struck the South Downs and crashed at Beachy Head close to the Beachy Head Hotel. It was one of three aircraft returning together from France, and was laden with empty stretchers and headed for RAF Friston. Of the five on board, the Pilot, Co-Pilot and Wireless operator were killed. A Master-Sergeant on board was badly injured and died later in an Eastbourne Hospital. The fith man, the navigator, was thrown clear on impact and survived. I do not have his rank, but his name was Frank J. Priest (dob 15.5.21) and he died 29.8.94 in Redondo Beach. I have been unable to establish a date or any other details for this loss. Can anyone fill in any of the missing pieces of information, please?
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3rd April 2008, 00:06
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Re: USAAF C-47 Loss at Beachy Head
Hallo Andy,
Do you have the names of those who died ? Regards, Martin Gleeson.
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3rd April 2008, 00:43
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Re: USAAF C-47 Loss at Beachy Head
Sadly, no. All I have is contained in my first post. Nothing else at all to work from.
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3rd April 2008, 03:15
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Re: USAAF C-47 Loss at Beachy Head
Hi Andy,
No joy I'm afraid. I have reasonably good unit histories from a Roll of Honour point of view for the 314th TCG, the 316th TCG and the 27th Air Transport Group. Nothing remotely matching your incident in any of them. Checked a few other sources as well but to no avail. Sorry I could'nt be of more assistance. Regards, Martin Gleeson.
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3rd April 2008, 09:13
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Re: USAAF C-47 Loss at Beachy Head
Martin
Thank you for looking! I think I will see if I can find any local record of casualties that may tie in. Certainly a mystery, although it certainly happened. A crew entry door turned up at the site a few years ago and bore the remains of a large 6 or 8 in white.
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