UI Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3) 5N-AAK,
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Date:Monday 6 November 1967
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Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:Biafran Air Force
Registration: 5N-AAK
MSN: 25366/13921
Year of manufacture:1944
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:UI
Location:Enugu Airport (ENU) -   Nigeria
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:-
Destination airport:-
Narrative:
Destroyed during an attack on Enugu Airport raid by a Nigerian Air Force Let L-29 or Jet Provost aircraft.
The aircraft used to be operated by Nigeria but was impounded during the Nigerian Civil War by secessionist state Biafra on April 5, 1967.

Sources:

Shadows,Airlift and Airwar in Biafra and Nigeria / Michael I Draper

Images:


photo (c) N. Tye; December 1966

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