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| Date: | Monday 14 January 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | KJ817 |
| MSN: | 25601/14156 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mount Bongkok -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Dakota C.4 plane was reported missing. It was presumed to have lost control after entering a cumulo-nimbus cloud.
Sources:
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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