Date:	Wednesday 12 November 1952
Time:
Type:	Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	KN438
MSN:	32868/16120
Year of manufacture:	1945
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Merowe -   Sudan
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
An oil leakage caused the failure of the no. 2 engine. A forced landing was carried out on a disused airstrip.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings

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