Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Oct 19, 1945 (4 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on October 19, 1945 near Croydon Surrey, United Kingdom with 4 fatalities. Cause: A Court of Inquiry found that...
- Date: October 19, 1945
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Croydon Surrey, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: A Court of Inquiry found that the crew had set the fuel selector valve incorrectly, so the engines drew from empty tanks while the full tanks went unused.
A No. 435 Squadron RCAF Dakota ferrying from RAF Croydon to RAF Down Ampney lost power from its port engine shortly after takeoff on 19 October 1945 and crashed into a house garden on Mitchley Avenue in Sanderstead. Four people died, three crew and one passenger who died in hospital the next day, and three others were injured.