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| Date: | Thursday 11 October 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota C.3 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | KG433 |
| MSN: | 12468 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Down Ampney RAF Station -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Down Ampney RAF Station |
Belly landed after engine problems. Four crewmembers (all RCAF) died: F/L KJ Blevins and F/L WE Hopkins on date of accident (11 Oct 45); F/O EH Neufeld on 12 Oct and F/O RR Harrison on 13 Oct.
The aircraft was operated by the RCAF 436 Squadron.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Gary Ferguson, National Air Force Museum of Canada
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