Spitfire/C-47 mid-air Ashford, 10 April 1945

[Leendert]

BC and other ones interested,

Just posted this message on armyairforces.com:

Received preliminary word that 2 Lt DeCourval (CP) and Sgt Warren (Crew chief) were on board a C-46 that was involved in the accident on 10 April 1945. Both 2 Lt William Blanton (P) and Sgt Douglas D. Dineen (RO) were killed too. They were with 313rd TCG, 29th TCS.
Death cause for all four is given as DNB: Died Non Battle

The C-46 was on a freight run and no POWs were involved. This may explain that this crash is hardly known?

I hope to hear more, including confirmation of serial.

Still to be settled: on USAAF loss list it says 11 Apr 45 with "Acc Ops" (but indeed 313th TCG), so I wait till this little difference is sorted out.
Anyways, it has likely been 44-77604.

Please also refer to earlier posts with regard to G/Cpt Raphael.

Regards,

Leendert