Status: | |
Date: | Tuesday 18 April 1944 |
Type: | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | FZ683 |
MSN: | 12280 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Alvescot ( United Kingdom)
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Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Broadwell RAF Station, United Kingdom |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The Dakota III transport plane was towing a Horsa glider when it crashed at Alvescot shortly after takeoff from Broadwell RAF Station, U.K.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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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.