| Date: | Thursday 20 May 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DK Dakota III |
| Owner/operator: | Air Transport Charter |
| Registration: | G-AJBG |
| MSN: | 25448/14003 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Bovingdon -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Valence-Chabeuil Airport (VAF/LFLU) |
| Bovingdon RAF Station |
The aircraft departed Valence for Bovingdon at 22:32 (May 19), carrying a cargo of fruit. The DC-3 arrived near Bovingdon and the crew carried out a circuit beneath a low cloud base. During the circuit, the aircraft flew into trees and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Whilst maneuvering at night under the base of low cloud prepatory to landing, the aircraft lost height and struck the ground. The cause of the accident cannot be determined."
Sources:
Douglas DC-3 Production List (Issue no. 28)
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