26 Mar Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) – FL509 A whirlwind struck Palam Airport causing the roof of a hangar to collapse. Three RAF Douglas Dakota aircraft were damaged beyond repair... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) – KN537 A whirlwind struck Palam Airport causing the roof of a hangar to collapse. Three RAF Douglas Dakota aircraft were damaged beyond repair... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) – KP261 A whirlwind struck Palam Airport causing the roof of a hangar to collapse. Three RAF Douglas Dakota aircraft were damaged beyond repair... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-47B-1-DK (DC-3) – 43-48308 Crashed on a wooded hillside. The airplane was carrying the remains of allied prisoners of war (POW) from Rangoon to Calcutta-Barrackpo... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) – KP271 The Dakota overshot while attempting to land at Alwar. It overran onto a road and the undercarriage broke away. Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) – FZ559 The aircraft broke up in flight and crashed. Continue reading
26 Mar Short S.25 Sunderland 3 – G-AGET Burned out while refuelling. The Sunderland flying boat caught fire due to an explosion on an adjacent barge on River Hooghly and was s... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) – KP219 The Dakota lost height after suffering an engine failure. An emergency forced landing was carried out in which it struck a bank. Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) – KN659 One engine was shut down and the propeller feathered. When the second engine ran out of fuel a forced landing was carried out. Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) – 42-93339 Crashed in an emergency landing shortly after the takeoff. The pilot and a passenger died, the co-pilot survived. Continue reading