Last updated: 27 February 2021
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| Date: | Sunday 24 September 1944 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KG653 |
| C/n / msn: | 13470 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Neuleiningen ( Germany)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pershore RAF Station, United Kingdom |
| Cagliari-Elmas Airport (CAG/LIEE), Italy |
Dakota KG653 took off from RAF Pershore with destination Cagliari, on the Italian island of Sardinia. The airplane was bound for Karachi.
Over Neuleiningen the aircraft was attacked by German fighters. It burst into flames and crashed At the time the weather was very bad, with dark low clouds, heavy rain, thunder and lightning.
Sources:
» RAAF Personnel serving on attachment in Royal Air Force Squadrons and Support Units in World War 2 and Missing with No Known GravePhotos
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Distance from Pershore RAF Station to Cagliari-Elmas Airport as the crow flies is 1656 km (1035 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Pershore RAF Station to Cagliari-Elmas Airport as the crow flies is 1656 km (1035 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.
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