Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 2 February 1946 |
Type: | Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | KJ996 |
MSN: | 26435/14990 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 32 km (20 mls) SSE of Pegu ( Myanmar)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The transport aircraft crashed into the ground after losing control in a cumulo-nimbus cloud.
Crew were: W/O Peter Stanley Rowland (1671710 RAFVR) - Pilot Flt/Sgt Robert Leslie Bell, (1895338 RAFVR) - Co-Pilot Flt/Sgt Ronald John Hughes (1607966 RAFVR) - Navigator Flt/Sgt Ronald Scrivens (1894092 RAFVR) - Wireless Operator Flt/Sgt George Thomas Henry Rowland (565661 RAF) - Passenger
All died in the crash and are buried in a collective grave at Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar.
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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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.