ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339696
| Date: | Sunday 30 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KG537 |
| MSN: | 13020 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | near Chindwin -
 Myanmar
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sylhet Civil Airport (ZYL/VGSY) |
| Sylhet Civil Airport (ZYL/VGSY) |
Dakota KG537 of 117 Sqn RAF of Air Command S.E.Asia left Sylhet at 06:36 local time for positions 25.15N, 96.40E and 25.17N 96.58E to carry out an operational supply drop mission. The last message received from the aircraft stated "being attacked by Japanese fighters at 24.50N, 95.55E, south of Chindwin, Burma." The aircraft failed to return to base and nothing further heard of aircraft or crew.
Sources:
Missing with no known grave / by Alan Storr
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