Date:	Wednesday 5 September 1945
Time:
Type:	Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	KN532
MSN:	33086/16338
Year of manufacture:	1945
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	32 km S of Myingyan -   Myanmar
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Meiktila (VYML)
Destination airport:	Chittagong Airport

Narrative:
RAF Douglas Dakota IV KN532 of No.48 Sqn was being used to fly hospital patients from Meiktila to Chittagong when it entered a monsoon thunderstorm. Shortly afterwards, following a loss of control, the port wing detached causing the aircraft to crash.

Peak District Air Accident Research (peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk)
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge

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