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| Date: | Wednesday 13 February 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | KG397 |
| MSN: | 12432 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km SW of Warlingham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| London-Croydon Airport (-/-) |
Flew into a high ground in clouds while on approach to Croydon.
Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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