Date:	Friday 19 October 1945
Time:
Type:	Douglas Dakota III (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF
Registration:	KG439
MSN:	12474
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Purley, Surrey -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	London-Croydon Airport (-/-)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The Dakota lost power after takeoff because the wrong fuel tanks were selected. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed into the front yard of a house on Mitchley Avenue.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley

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