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| Date: | Friday 12 November 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KN633 |
| MSN: | 33317/16569 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 7,5 km E of Rawang -
 Malaysia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kuala Lumpur RAF Station (WMKF) |
| Kuala Lumpur RAF Station (WMKF) |
In the early morning of November 12, 1948, an RAF Supermarine Spitfire FR.18 (TP231) crashed near Serendah, Malaysia. A Dakota, KN633, from the 110 Squadron based at Kuala Lumpur was dispatched on a SAR mission. While flying low the airplane contacted trees and crashed.
Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Malaya Historical Group
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