Accident Douglas DC-2-112 DG471, Thursday 23 October 1941
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Date:Thursday 23 October 1941
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas DC-2-112
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: DG471
MSN: 1244
Year of manufacture:1934
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Karachi-Drigh Road RAF Station -   Pakistan
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Karachi-Drigh Road RAF Station (OPSF)
Destination airport:Habbaniya RAF Station
Narrative:
Crashed because the airplane was overloaded.

Sources:

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
www.rafcommands.com message board

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