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| Date: | Monday 30 May 1977 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Rhodesian Air Force |
| Registration: | R3702 |
| MSN: | 25310/13865 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | near Mapai -
 Mozambique
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mapai |
The C-47 was returning to Rhodesia following an attack on ZANLA guerrillas, active in the Mozambique, Rhodesian border area (Operation Aztec). The airplane departed Mapai when the starboard engine was hit by an RPG7 rocket. The airplane crashed.
Sources:
Rhodesia - Roll of Honour
USMC Seminar: War Since 1945: Rhodesia: Tactical Victory, Strategic Defeat
Images:
photo (c) Phillip Evans; near Mapai; 1977
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