Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jan 15, 1946 (26 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on January 15, 1946 near Marseille Bouches-du-Rhône, France with 26 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft flew into a...
- Date: January 15, 1946
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Marseille Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- Fatalities: 26
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft flew into a hill in bad weather.
RAF Dakota KN557 of 271 Squadron, flying from Palermo to London, flew into a hill near Marseille in bad weather on 15 January 1946. Twenty-five people were killed.