Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 MAY 1948 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-40-DK Dakota C.4 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KP278 |
| C/n / msn: | 16832/33580 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Ramat David (Israel) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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Destroyed during an Egyptian air raid, along with three Spitfires.
Sources:
» 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.
