Is there anyone out there who has more than a passing interest in DC3 Dakotas?
On the 5th Sept 1945, 78 Sqn suffered it’s worst single aircraft accident to date when Dakota Mk IV – KP235 crashed on take off from Istres, France
All four aircrew were killed (including two brothers) along with 12 groundcrew. A 13th member of the groundcrew died on 6/9/45
A further nine groundcrew were seriously injured as a result
Can anyone confirm what Sqn Code or Acft code this particular airframe was carrying? – All attempts to find this info have so far failed
Rgds
Tony H
By: Alan Clark - 31st March 2025 at 10:03
78 Squadron aircraft carried the squadron code EY, if you haven’t already tried I would suggest the squadron ORB at the National Archives. They often recorded aircraft by letter rather than serial number.
By: Peter - 31st March 2025 at 10:02
Date fixed
By: stevfire2 - 31st March 2025 at 10:00
would be interested to hear of anything more. my dad was on the next to take off, and flew over the crash!
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March 1, 2010 at 3:31 pm