Accident Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) KN233,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338144
 

Date:Wednesday 9 May 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: KN233
MSN: 27101/15656
Year of manufacture:1945
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Cox's Bazar Airport (CXB) -   Bangladesh
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:-
Destination airport:-
Narrative:
RAF Dakota KK179 (msn 26870/15425) swung off the runway at Cox's Bazar when it landed in a thunderstorm. It ran into Dakota KN233. Both aircraft were destroyed by an ensuing fire.

Sources:

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Warbirds of India (warbirds.in)

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