Last updated: 17 April 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 24 April 1945 |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | FZ685 |
| C/n / msn: | 12282 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Rheine-Advanced Landing Ground B-108 (ZPQ) ( Germany)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The port engine failed but the aircraft overshot a single engined landing, ran into a bomb crater and was badly damaged. Its crew survived without injury.
Sources:
» rafcommands.com» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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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.
