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During the takeoff roll, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and collided with three RAF Supermarine Spitfire parked on the apron. A fire erupted and all four aircraft were destroyed. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-35-DK Dakota C.4 in Rangoon

Date & Time: Oct 1, 1945

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Operator:

Registration:

KN594

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

16485/33233

YOM:

1945

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Shortly after liftoff, while in initial climb, an engine failed. The aircraft stalled and contacted the runway while its undercarriage was already raised. the aircraft slid for several yards and eventually came to rest into a ditch. All four crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Engine failure.

Crash of a Douglas DC-3 Dakota IV in Yangon

Date & Time: Sep 15, 1945

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Operator:

Registration:

KN615

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

16514/33262

YOM:

1945

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Shortly after liftoff, while in initial climb, the aircraft stalled and crashed 800 meters from the runway end. The aircraft was written off but there were no casualties.

Probable cause:

Engine failure shortly after rotation.

Crash of a Douglas DC-3 Dakota IV in Mewaing: 16 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1945

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Operator:

Registration:

KN584

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Military

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Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Yangon – Taungoo – Calcutta

MSN:

16469/33217

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1945

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About an hour after his departure from Yangon Airport, bound for Calcutta via Taungoo, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls and thunderstorm activity from the monsoon. The aircraft was maybe hit by lightning, went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a wooded and mountainous area located near Mewaing, northeast of Yangon. The wreckage was found few days later and all 16 occupants, four crew, seven army passengers and five Royal Air Force personnel, were killed.

Crash of a Short S.22 Scion Senior into Lake Inle

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1936

Type of aircraft:

Short S.22 Scion Senior

Operator:

Registration:

VT-AGU

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Lake Inle - Yangon

MSN:

S.779

YOM:

1935

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The four engine float plane crashed in unknown circumstances while taking off from Lake Inle, Burma. Both occupants were injured.

Crash of a Pander S.4 Postjager in Allahabad

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1934 at 2240 LT

Type of aircraft:

Pander S.4 Postjager

Operator:

Registration:

PH-OST

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Private

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Allahabad - Yangon

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1933

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The aircraft departed Mildenhall on 20 October 1934 on a flight to Australia, taking part to the McRobertson Air Race. While taking off at night from Allahabad Airfield, the three engine airplane collided with a car and came to rest, bursting into flames. All three crew members evacuated safely while the aircraft was destroyed.

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

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Mawlamyine - Yangon

MSN:

324

YOM:

1930

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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.

Crash of a Fokker F7b/3m in Sandoway: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1931

Type of aircraft:

Fokker F7

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Registration:

PH-AEO

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Saigon – Yangon – Akyab – Calcutta – Allahabad – Agra – Basra – Cairo – Tripoli – Benghazi – Tunis – Algiers – Marseille – Paris

MSN:

5096

YOM:

1929

Location:

Sandoway

Rakhine State (Arakan)

Country:

Myanmar

Region:

Asia

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En route from Yangon to Akyab, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a river near Akyab, Burma. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Claude Beauregard, pilot,
Ange Bourgeois, pilot,
Olivier Leroux, radio navigator,
Pierre Patard, engineer.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Moth near Toungup: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1930

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DH.60 Moth

Operator:

Eric L. Hook

Registration:

G-AAWV

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Akyab – Yangon

MSN:

1476

YOM:

1930

Location:

Toungup

Rakhine State (Arakan)

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Myanmar

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Asia

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The crew departed Lympne, Kent, on June 20 on a flight to Australia. While cruising from Akyab to Yangon, he encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls when the aircraft crashed in wooded and hilly terrain in the Arakan Mountain Range near Toungup. Both occupants survived the accident and James Matthews departed the crash site to find help to assist Eric Laurence Hook who was injured. James Matthews found help more than seven days later and when he returned to the accident site, he realized that Eric Hook died from his injuries.

Crash of a Potez 32/4 in Mawlamyine

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1929

Type of aircraft:

Potez 32

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Registration:

F-AJHU

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Paris – Marseille – Algiers – Tunis – Tripoli – Benghazi – Cairo – Basra – Agra – Allahabad – Calcutta – Akyab – Yangon – Saigon

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1929

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The crew was performing a mail flight from France to Saigon. While overflying over Mawlamyine, Burma, he encountered poor weather conditions. A forced landing being impossible in this hilly area, the crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The aircraft crashed and was destroyed while both occupants, Joseph Le Brix and Maurice Rossi, were uninjured.