Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Feb 19, 1945 (20 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on February 19, 1945 near Zeals AFB Wiltshire, United Kingdom with 20 fatalities.
- Date: February 19, 1945
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Zeals AFB Wiltshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 20
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
RAF Dakota TS436 of the Glider Pick Up Training Flight took off from Zeals to return to Leicester with about 21 personnel aboard. Shortly after takeoff it flew into cloud covered beech trees on a knoll, then caught fire and broke up. More than twenty people were killed.