Date:	Monday 6 March 1944
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-50-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-24228
MSN:	10090
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	between Nadzab and Saidor -   Papua New Guinea
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Nadzab No. 4 Airfield (Newton Field)
Destination airport:	Saidor Airport (SDI)

Narrative:
Crashed in sea after running into adverse weather conditions near Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Nadzab No. 4 Airfield (Newton Field).

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
MACR

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