Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 11 March 1943 |
Type: | Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 41-38662 |
MSN: | 6045 |
First flight: | 1942 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Skindewai ( Papua New Guinea)
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Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The Douglas C-47 transport plane took off on a mission to drop supplies to support Australian operations in the Mubo area. While dropping supplies over Skindewai, its wing clipped a tree causing the aircraft to crash.
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Pacificwrecks.com» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.