Date:	Tuesday 27 August 1957
Time:
Type:	Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	KN649
MSN:	33341/16593
Year of manufacture:	1945
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	9 km S of Dishforth RAF Station -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Dishforth RAF Station (EGXD)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
A serious engine fire caused the engine to fall off the wing of the Dakota. The airplane crashed and burst into flames.
Captain was Flight Lieutenant GAJ Wood, DFC.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley

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