Détails:
The DC-3 plane VT-CLA was chartered by Indonesian Government for carrying medical Malaysian Red Cross supplies. The airplane was shot down by an ML-KNIL (Royal Dutch Indies Army) Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter. The aircraft went into a dive, first crashing into a tree then into paddy fields in Ngoto, Bantul. Only its tail remained in one piece.
Dutch authorities claimed that they had not been informed of the flight and that the aircraft carried no Red Cross markings.
» Indonesian aviation 1945 -1950 / by Jos Heyman, Riverton, Australia, November 2005
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | mardi 29 juillet 1947 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Compagnie: | Orissa State Government |
| Immatriculation: | VT-CLA |
| Numéro de série: | 26916/15471 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1944 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 6 |
| Total: | victimes: 8 / à bord: 9 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 3 km (1.9 milles) S of Yogyakarta ( Indonésie)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Singapore (unknown airport), Singapour |
| Yogyakarta-Maguwo Airport (JOG/WARJ), Indonésie |
The DC-3 plane VT-CLA was chartered by Indonesian Government for carrying medical Malaysian Red Cross supplies. The airplane was shot down by an ML-KNIL (Royal Dutch Indies Army) Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter. The aircraft went into a dive, first crashing into a tree then into paddy fields in Ngoto, Bantul. Only its tail remained in one piece.
Dutch authorities claimed that they had not been informed of the flight and that the aircraft carried no Red Cross markings.
Sources:
» Australian pilot and international crew who died for Indonesia's freedom in 1947» Indonesian aviation 1945 -1950 / by Jos Heyman, Riverton, Australia, November 2005
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