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| Date: | Friday 19 October 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | KG439 |
| MSN: | 12474 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Purley, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | London-Croydon Airport (-/-) |
The Dakota lost power after takeoff because the wrong fuel tanks were selected. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed into the front yard of a house on Mitchley Avenue.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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