Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 FEB 1947 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-15-DK Dakota C.4 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KK120 |
| C/n / msn: | 15129/26574 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Airplane damage: | Missing |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | China Sea (Pacific Ocean) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Singapore-Changi RAF Station, Singapore |
| Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam |
Missing while en route between Singapore and Saigon in poor weather. The last reported position was 02.28 N, 104.18 E.
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Singapore-Changi RAF Station to Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport as the crow flies is 1088 km (680 miles).
Distance from Singapore-Changi RAF Station to Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport as the crow flies is 1088 km (680 miles).
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.
