Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair at Lajes, Azores when it was struck by an RAF Consolidated Liberator, AM263, that suffered a brake failure.
Damaged on the ground
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 30 November 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | FZ637 |
| MSN: | 12194 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER) ( Portugal)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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Damaged beyond repair at Lajes, Azores when it was struck by an RAF Consolidated Liberator, AM263, that suffered a brake failure.
Classification:
Ground collisionDamaged on the ground
Sources:
» WW2 Talk Forum» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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