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| Date: | Wednesday 6 October 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | FD899 |
| MSN: | 9621 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Regents Park, London -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Dakota III hit a balloon cable in hazy conditions and crashed at the Bernhard Baron Pavillion, Regents Park, London, U.K.
Sources:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
rafcommands.com
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