ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339369
| Date: | Sunday 24 September 1944 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KG653 |
| MSN: | 13470 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Neuleiningen -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pershore RAF Station |
| Cagliari-Elmas Airport (CAG/LIEE) |
Dakota KG653 took off from RAF Pershore with 14 other aircraft on a troop transport flight to Karachi. The first stop was planned at Cagliari, on the Italian island of Sardinia. Due to bad weather, KG653 strayed off course and flew into Germany.
A Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109G-14 opened fire on the right-hand engine. The aircraft rolled inverted and one of the wings separated. The Dakota burst into flames and crashed.
Sources:
RAAF Personnel serving on attachment in Royal Air Force Squadrons and Support Units in World War 2 and Missing with No Known Grave
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