Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 8 September 1965
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada CC-108 Caribou (DHC-4)
Owner/operator: Royal Canadian Air Force – RCAF
Registration Number: 5324
Location: Srinagar Airport (SXR) –
ÿ India
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Component Affected: Left hand wingLeft hand wing
A Caribou transport plane was damaged by a North American F-86F Sabre air raid during an air raid on Srinagar Airport. The left wing was struck by fire, resulting in its complete destruction. The damaged nose was subsequently utilized for repair at a Canadian facility, with the aircraft remaining stationed in Srinagar as part of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan regarding a conflict over Kashmir.A Caribou transport plane was damaged by a North American F-86F Sabre air raid during an air raid on Srinagar Airport. The left wing was struck by fire, resulting in its complete destruction. The damaged nose was subsequently utilized for repair at a Canadian facility, with the aircraft remaining stationed in Srinagar as part of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan regarding a conflict over Kashmir.
Description
The Caribou transport plane was damaged beyond repair during in an air raid on Srinagar Airport, carried out by North American F-86F Sabres of the Pakistan Air Force. The left hand wing was hit and subsequently consumed by fire. The remains were transported back to Canada where the nose of the aircraft was used to repair another Caribou. The Caribou was stationed in Srinagar as part of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) regarding a conflict over the Kashmir region.
Source of Information
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