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| Date: | Monday 18 September 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KG592 |
| MSN: | 13315 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Sea -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brussel-Melsbroek Air Base (EBMB) |
| Down Ampney RAF Station |
Dakota KG592 of 48 Sqn RAF and its crew were reported missing on transportation duties. The aircraft was last reported by Hdqrts 46 Group to be at No. B-58 landing ground (Melsbroek) in Belgium on 18 September 1944, with a damaged tail wheel. It is assumed that the aircraft took off again from B-58 without booking or warning the responsible authorities, and that some kind of accident occurred on the return flight. No messages were received from the aircraft.
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