Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 26 May 1945 |
Type: | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | KG724 |
MSN: | 13725 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN) ( Myanmar)
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Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY), Myanmar |
Narrative:The C-47 was damaged beyond repair when it taxied into a waterlogged bomb crater after landing at Yangon-Mingaladon Airport, Myanmar (RGN). The C-47 was subsequently hit by a Spitfire that landed immediately behind it.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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Warbirds of India (warbirds.in)
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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.