Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jul 11, 1945 (28 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on July 11, 1945 near Kisumu Nyanza, Kenya with 28 fatalities.
- Date: July 11, 1945
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Kisumu Nyanza, Kenya
- Fatalities: 28
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
A South African Air Force Douglas C 47 crashed on an island in Winam Bay of Lake Victoria shortly after takeoff from Kisumu in Kenya on 11 July 1945. All 28 people aboard were killed, among them South African soldiers who had been released after being prisoners of war.