ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337423
Date: | Saturday 2 February 1946 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | KJ996 |
MSN: | 26435/14990 |
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 SSE of Pegu -
Myanmar
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The transport aircraft crashed into the ground after losing control in a cumulo-nimbus cloud.
Crew were: W/O Peter Stanley Rowland (1671710 RAFVR) - Pilot Flt/Sgt Robert Leslie Bell, (1895338 RAFVR) - Co-Pilot Flt/Sgt Ronald John Hughes (1607966 RAFVR) - Navigator Flt/Sgt Ronald Scrivens (1894092 RAFVR) - Wireless Operator Flt/Sgt George Thomas Henry Rowland (565661 RAF) - Passenger
All died in the crash and are buried in a collective grave at Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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