Narrative:
Crashed on takeoff from Sylhet due toe engine failure.
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 9 October 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-15846 |
| MSN: | 20312 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Sylhet Airport (ZYL) ( Bangladesh)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sylhet Civil Airport (ZYL/VGSY), Bangladesh |
| ? |
Crashed on takeoff from Sylhet due toe engine failure.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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