Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 12 NOV 1948 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-47B Dakota C.4 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Kennzeichen: | KN633 |
| Werknummer: | 16569/33317 |
| Baujahr: | 1945 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 7,5 km (4.7 Meilen) E of Rawang (Malaysia) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Kuala Lumpur (unknown airport), Malaysia |
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In early morning of 12 November 1948, an RAF Spitfire FR.18 (TP231) crashed near Serendah. A Dakota, KN633, from the 110 Squadron based at Kuala Lumpur was dispatched on a SAR mission. While flying low the airplane contacted trees and crashed.
Informationsquelle:
» BAAA-ACRO
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» Malaya Historical Group
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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.
