What the records say
- When
- 11 Jan 1947
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 51.13° N, 1.03° E
- Description
- aircraft crash in Kent, England
- Deaths
- 8
Placed at the coordinates of its Italian Wikipedia article.
1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash
Aircraft crash in Kent, England
The 1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 Crash occurred on 11 January 1947 when Douglas C-47A G-AGJX of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) crashed into a hill at Stowting, Kent, in southeast England, killing five people outright, with a further three dying from injuries received. The aircraft had been operating a scheduled international flight to West Africa via France.
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