Accident Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) FL515,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340516
 

Date:Tuesday 30 November 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas Dakota III (DC-3)
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: FL515
MSN: 10098
Year of manufacture:1943
Fatalities:Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:1,6 km N off Portreath, Cornwall -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Portreath RAF Station
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Spun into the sea just after takeoff from RAF Portreath, Cornwall, U.K.

Sources:

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
forum.keypublishing.com

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