Accident Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3) 43-16170,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338093
 

Date:Sunday 20 May 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 43-16170
MSN: 20636
Year of manufacture:1944
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Kharagpur -   India
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Kharagpur-Kalaikunda Air Force Station (VEDX)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed on takeoff from Kharagpur, India.

Sources:

Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge

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