Date:	Sunday 20 October 1946
Time:	07:27
Type:	Avro 685 York C.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	MW208
MSN:
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Merlin
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 15
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU) -   India
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU/VECC)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The aircraft could not gain height when the no. 2 engine failed on takeoff. The York subsequently crashed.
The flight originated in the United Kingdom.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The Indian Express - Oct 21, 1946

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