Date:	Monday 30 May 1977
Time:	20:00
Type:	Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Rhodesian Air Force
Registration:	R3702
MSN:	25310/13865
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	UI
Location:	near Mapai -   Mozambique
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Mapai
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The C-47 was returning to Rhodesia following an attack on ZANLA guerrillas, active in the Mozambique, Rhodesian border area (Operation Aztec). The airplane departed Mapai when the starboard engine was hit by an RPG7 rocket. The airplane crashed.

Rhodesia - Roll of Honour
USMC Seminar: War Since 1945: Rhodesia: Tactical Victory, Strategic Defeat

photo (c) Phillip Evans; near Mapai; 1977

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