Date:	Sunday 16 March 1969
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47 (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Biafran Air Force
Registration:	704B
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Uli Airstrip -   Nigeria
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Uli Airstrip
Destination airport:	Libreville Airport (LBV/FOOL)

Narrative:
Crashed while trying to make an emergency landing shortly after take-off.

The aircraft was part of the Biafran Airlift, which was an international humanitarian relief effort that transported food and medicine to Biafra during the 1967-70 secession war from Nigeria.

Shadows,Airlift and airwar in Biafra and Nigeria / Michael I Draper

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