ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340133
| Date: | Saturday 15 April 1944 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KG508 |
| MSN: | 12912 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 13 km E of Açu, RN -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Belém (unknown airport), PA |
| Natal Airport, RN (NAT/SBNT) |
Dakota KG508, from RAF Nassau, Bahamas, departed Belém, Brazil on a ferry flight to Natal at 10:20 UTC. The last contact by Natal with the aircraft was at 16:02 giving an ETA at Natal of 16:38. The aircraft failed to arrive. Two chutes were seen in the air and an aircraft falling in flames about 8 miles east of Açu at about 1700 hours GMT.
The weather at the time was a thick stratus layer and cumulus clouds with moderate turbulence, lightning and heavy rain.
Sources:
RAAF Personnel serving on attachment in Royal Air Force Squadrons and Support Units in World War 2 and Missing with No Known Grave
Images:
photo (c) unknown; Natal, RN, Brazil; 31 March 2012
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