ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338729
Date: | Tuesday 6 February 1945 |
Time: | 10:05 |
Type: | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | KG630 |
MSN: | 13390 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Hunters Burgh -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The C-47 Dakota flew at low altitude in poor visibility conditions. The starboard wing struck a hill at an elevation of 500 ft (150 m). The wing was torn off and the Dakota crashed out of control.
Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher Revision history:
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