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Fecha: | jueves 1 junio 1944 |
Tipo: | Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
Operador: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registración: | FZ563 |
Numéro de série: | 12098 |
Año de Construcción: | 1943 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 7 / Ocupantes: 7 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Desaparecido |
Consecuencias: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
Ubicación: | cerca Myitkyina ( Birmania)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Sylhet Civil Airport (ZYL/VGSY), Bangladesh |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Sylhet Civil Airport (ZYL/VGSY), Bangladesh |
Descripción:Dakota FZ563 of 215 Sqn RAF, India, was one of 18 aircraft which left Sylhet in formation at 06:00 hours to drop supplies in Burma. In company with five other aircraft FZ563 was to drop at position 25.10°N 96.26°E. It was last seen in the vicinity of Myitkyina, Burma, dropping supplies on the target at 08:45 hours. It was raining at the time and weather conditions on the whole route extremely bad. It was assumed that the pilot tried to return under the cloud base. All other aircraft returned safely but nothing further was heard of FZ563 or its crew.
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Missing with no known grave / by Alan Storr
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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.