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Crash of a Douglas C-47A-25-DK in Burma: 8 killed

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1944 at 0838 LT
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
42-93385
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Supply
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
13291
YOM:
1944
Location:
Myanmar
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Country:
Myanmar
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a supply mission when the aircraft disappeared in unknown circumstances. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.

Crash of a Douglas C-47-DL in Burma: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 19, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
41-18545
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Kunming - Sookerating
MSN:
4670
YOM:
1942
Location:
Myanmar
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Country:
Myanmar
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane failed to arrive at Sookerating Airfield following a flight from Kunming. It is believed that it crashed somewhere in north Burma. Lost without trace.
Crew:
2nd Lt Richard Engel Jr +2.

Crash of an Avro 616 Avian IVM in the Gulf of Martaban: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1932
Type of aircraft:
Avro 616 Avian IVM
Operator:
F. B. Taylor
Registration:
G-AAKA
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mawlamyine - Yangon
MSN:
324
YOM:
1930
Location:
Gulf of Martaban
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Country:
Myanmar
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew (G. W. Salt and F. B. Taylor) departed Mawlamyine on a flight to Yangon. En route, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Gulf of Martaban. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
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