Date:	Thursday 25 July 1946
Time:
Type:	Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	KN585
MSN:	33219/16471
Year of manufacture:	1945
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	40 km NE of Bassein -   Myanmar
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Bassein Airport (BSX/VYPN)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
A failure of the left wing after the plane entered a cumulo-nimbus cloud, caused the plane to crash into a swamp.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley

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