Accident Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) KN332,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338252
 

Date:Thursday 19 April 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: KN332
MSN: 32641/15893
Year of manufacture:1945
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:near Vitrolles -   France
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Algiers-Maison Blanche Airport (ALG/DAAG)
Destination airport:Marseille-Marignane Airport (MRS/LFML)
Narrative:
Flew into a hill near Vitrolles, Marseilles, France.

Sources:

Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
The Dakota Association of South Africa
France-Crashes 39-45

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