ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) KA-DFN Kolwezi Airport (KWZ)
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Wednesday 6 December 1961
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3)
Operator:Katanga Government
Registration: KA-DFN
MSN: 12161
First flight: 1943
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Kolwezi Airport (KWZ) (   Congo (Democratic Republic))
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:-
Departure airport:-
Destination airport:-
Narrative:
Two Indian Air Force Canberra B(I) Mk.58 bombers from the No.5 Squadron, on a United Nations mission, attacked Kolwezi airfield, destroying several planes.

Classification:
Destroyed on ground
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» Canberra's in de Congo / Bharat Rakshak


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