Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Sep 16, 1946 (21 killed)

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on September 16, 1946 near Estevan Saskatchewan, Canada with 21 fatalities.

An RCAF Dakota of 124 Communications Squadron carrying 18 passengers and 3 crew went around on final approach to Estevan for an unexplained reason. The nose then pitched up, the aircraft stalled a few hundred yards short of the threshold and was destroyed. All 21 occupants were killed.

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