Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 2 August 1944
Aircraft Type: Douglas Dakota III (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Royal Air Force – RAF
Registration Number: KG457
Location: 3,2 km SW of Roshi –
ÿ Myanmar
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Douglas Dakota III KG457Douglas Dakota III KG457
Category: Accident
On August 2nd, 1944, a Douglas Dakota III KG457 carrying a supply drop mission in the Chin Hills, Burma, turned back after 20 minutes due to adverse weather conditions. The aircraft failed to return, and subsequent searches yielded no results. In 1954, an Army search revealed a wreck and five bodies approximately two miles south west of Roshi, near the northern boundary of India and Burma. Initial investigations suggest the aircraft crashed in wild country during monsoon conditions, likely due to a hillside collapse.On August 2nd, 1944, a Douglas Dakota III KG457 carrying a supply drop mission in the Chin Hills, Burma, turned back after 20 minutes due to adverse weather conditions. The aircraft failed to return, and subsequent searches yielded no results. In 1954, an Army search revealed a wreck and five bodies approximately two miles south west of Roshi, near the northern boundary of India and Burma. Initial investigations suggest the aircraft crashed in wild country during monsoon conditions, likely due to a hillside collapse.
Description
Douglas Dakota III KG457 took off at 14:00 hours on 2nd August 1944 to carry out a supply drop in the Chin Hills. KG457 set course in company with a Hurricane escort, which turned back after 20 minutes due to the weather. The Dakota did not turn back and failed to return from the mission. Initial searches found nothing, and search operations were suspended for many years due to a civil war in Burma. In August 1954 the Army reported it had found a wreck and five bodies 2 miles south west of Roshi. The aircraft had crashed in wild country in the Chin Hills near the northern boundary of India and Burma. It was presumed that the aircraft had flow into a hillside in cloud during monsoon conditions.
Source of Information
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Severe weather conditions, specifically adverse weather, caused the aircraft to turn back and fail to return.Severe weather conditions, specifically adverse weather, caused the aircraft to turn back and fail to return.Share on:
