Narrative:
The aircraft entered a cu-nim cloud and broke up in the air.
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 6 September 1945 |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KK118 |
| MSN: | 26571/15126 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Duyinzeik ( Myanmar)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam |
The aircraft entered a cu-nim cloud and broke up in the air.
Sources:
» rafcommands.com» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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