Narrative:
Overran strip, no further details.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 11 October 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-15416 |
| MSN: | 19882 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Angaur Airstrip ( Palau)
|
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Angaur Airstrip, Palau |
Overran strip, no further details.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. GradidgePhotos
Video, social media
On this day 78 years ago, a Douglas C-47 of the 54th Troop Carrier crashed when it overshot the runway on Angaur Island. pic.twitter.com/YDVZBuNBpE
— Xeriland (@Xeriland) October 22, 2022
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