Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Aug 19, 1945 (9 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on August 19, 1945 near Raitali Maharashtra, India with 9 fatalities. Cause: A catastrophic failure caused the...
- Date: August 19, 1945
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Raitali Maharashtra, India
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: A catastrophic failure caused the left engine to detach and part of the left wing to shear off.
A Royal Air Force Douglas C 47 Skytrain on a flight from Bombay to Mauripur crashed at Raitali in Maharashtra on 19 August 1945. All nine people on board were killed.