Narrative:
Lost over sea en route to Gibraltar.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 25 December 1943 |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | FD903 |
| MSN: | 9625 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | off Spain ( Atlantic Ocean)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lyneham RAF Station (LYE/EGDL), United Kingdom |
| Gibraltar RAF Station (GIB/LXGB), Gibraltar |
Lost over sea en route to Gibraltar.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. GradidgePhotos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Lyneham RAF Station to Gibraltar RAF Station as the crow flies is 1715 km (1072 miles).
Distance from Lyneham RAF Station to Gibraltar RAF Station as the crow flies is 1715 km (1072 miles).
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