Accident Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) KK118,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337718
 

Date:Thursday 6 September 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: KK118
MSN: 26571/15126
Year of manufacture:1944
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:near Duyinzeik -   Myanmar
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS)
Narrative:
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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