Date:	Tuesday 5 December 1944
Time:	15:30
Type:	Douglas Dakota III (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	FL588
MSN:	11996
Year of manufacture:	1943
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 23
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Mijanès -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	London-Northolt RAF Station (NHT/EGWU)
Destination airport:	Marseille-Marignane Airport (MRS/LFML)

Narrative:
Douglas Dakota FL588 originated from RAF Northolt at 09:00 on a course for Marseilles, France to transport 20 glider pilots who were trained to fly Horsa and Hamilcar gliders.
The Dakota aircraft crashed on the Pic de la Camisette (alt 2426 m ), striking the north face above the Roc de la Musique before coming down facing south-east near a lake. The exact cause of the crash is not known, although it is known that the aircraft came down in a blizzard.

The 24 Sqn RAF Association BLog Book
francecrashes39-45.net
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge

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