ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338199
| Date: | Saturday 28 April 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KG406 |
| MSN: | 12441 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 17 km SE off Foreland, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Brussel/Evere Advanced Landing Ground B-56 |
An RAF Douglas C-47A crashed into the English Channel while en route to Brussels/Evere Advanced Landing Ground B-56 and Nivelles. The aircraft took from its base at 06:33, carrying photographic materials and as lone Nursing Orderly. It was seen to crash into the sea. Although a thorough search was made of the area by a motor launch and a Walrus Air-Sea-Rescue aircraft no trace was found of the aircraft or its crew.
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