Crash of a Douglas DC-3 Dakota IV near Biya: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 30, 1945
Operator:
Registration:
KJ922
Survivors:
No
MSN:
14646/26091
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew left his base at 0630LT on a supply mission within Burma. Enroute, weather conditions worsened with cloud base at 3,000 feet, top at 30,000 feet and severe turbulence. The aircraft went out of control and crashed in a hilly terrain located some 4 miles west of Biya. The wreckage was found ten days later, on August 9. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O J. R. Milne,
Sgt R. M. Clark,
Sgt G. R. Francis,
Sgt D. Mowat,
Sgt A. Binns.
Crew:
W/O J. R. Milne,
Sgt R. M. Clark,
Sgt G. R. Francis,
Sgt D. Mowat,
Sgt A. Binns.
