Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 FEB 1946 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-10-DK Dakota 3 |
| Operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | KG397 |
| C/n / msn: | 12432 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 18 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) SW of Warlingham (United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| London-Croydon Airport (-/-), United Kingdom |
Flew into a high ground in clouds while on approach to Croydon.
Sources:
» BAAA-ACRO
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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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.
