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Date: | Saturday 28 April 1945 |
Type: | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | KG406 |
MSN: | 12441 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Missing |
Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 17 km (10.6 mls) SE off Foreland, Kent ( United Kingdom)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Brussel/Evere Advanced Landing Ground B-56, Belgium |
Narrative:An RAF Douglas C-47A crashed into the English Channel while en route to Brussels/Evere Advanced Landing Ground B-56 and Nivelles. The aircraft took from its base at 06:33, carrying photographic materials and as lone Nursing Orderly. It was seen to crash into the sea. Although a thorough search was made of the area by a motor launch and a Walrus Air-Sea-Rescue aircraft no trace was found of the aircraft or its crew.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.