Status: | |
Datum: | donderdag 1 maart 1945 |
Type: |  Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registratie: | KJ921 |
Constructienummer: | 26090/14645 |
Bouwjaar: | 1944 |
Motoren: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 4 / inzittenden: 4 |
Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
Totaal: | slachtoffers: 4 / inzittenden: 4 |
Schade: | Afgeschreven |
Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Plaats: | Hailing Island ( China)
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Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
Soort vlucht: | Militair |
Vliegveld van vertrek: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
Vliegveld van aankomst: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
Beschrijving:The Dakota transport plane operated on a supply dropping mission to the British Army Aid Group party at Yanping, China.
The airplane failed to return and was declared missing. The wreckage was discovered to have crashed into a 1200 ft hill about 50 ft below the crest.
Bronnen:
» British Army Aid Group report
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.