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| Date: | Wednesday 11 July 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | South African Air Force - SAAF |
| Registration: | 6812 |
| MSN: | 11987 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 28 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Kisumu -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kisumu Airport (KIS/HKKI) |
Crashed into Lake Victoria.
Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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