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| Date: | Sunday 20 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KK180 |
| MSN: | 26871/15426 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Yuping County, Tongren, Guizhou Province? -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Douglas C-47 #44-49610: to RAF as Dakota IV KK180.
While the airplane was ferrying supplies between Changting and Chihkiang on 20 May 1945, a sudden change in weather closed the intended airfield of the flight and a forced landing was carried out due to fuel exhaustion. The forced landing ended in tragedy when the airplane struck an embankment, killing W. B. Arnold and C. Egerton-Eves. G. C. Longbottom, J. Biggin, and one passenger were injured.
Crash location documented as Yaping/Yuping; the latter spelling is more likely correct.
Sources:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
J. Baugher
https://www.bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca/canadaairwar/canadaairwar1945.pdf
https://www.cwgc.org/stories/stories/flying-officer-william-beresford-arnold-dakota-navigator-killed-on-ops-in-china/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2025 13:46 | RDV | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
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