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| Date: | Sunday 16 March 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Biafran Air Force |
| Registration: | 704B |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Uli Airstrip -
 Nigeria
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Uli Airstrip |
| Libreville Airport (LBV/FOOL) |
Crashed while trying to make an emergency landing shortly after take-off.
The aircraft was part of the Biafran Airlift, which was an international humanitarian relief effort that transported food and medicine to Biafra during the 1967-70 secession war from Nigeria.
Sources:
Shadows,Airlift and airwar in Biafra and Nigeria / Michael I Draper
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