ASN Aircraft accident Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) KG547 Leicester East RAF Station
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Date:Wednesday 27 September 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas Dakota III (DC-3)
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: KG547
MSN: 13030
First flight: 1944
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Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Leicester East RAF Station (   United Kingdom)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Leicester Airport (EGBG), United Kingdom
Narrative:
Undercarriage collapsed during heavy landing at Leicester East, U.K.

Classification:
Heavy landing
Landing gear collapse
Runway mishap

Sources:
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge


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