Date: | Monday 30 July 1945 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | KJ922 |
MSN: | 26091/14646 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 32 km E of Thanbaung -
Myanmar
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Dakota impacted a the side of a valley down which it was flying some 4 miles West of Biya. The crew of five were all killed. Weather conditions along the route being reported as 8-10/10 CB with a base of 2-3000 feet (approx 7000 feet below the tops of the Chin Hills) and cloud tops up to 25-30000 feet with excessive turbulence causing aircraft to be almost uncontrollable at times.
Sources:
357 Sqn Operation Record Book
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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