ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340564
| Date: | Tuesday 16 November 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23589 |
| MSN: | 9451 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Carnarvon Gorge, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD (ACF/YBAF) |
Took off from Darwin on a flight bound for Brisbane. Flew into a violent electrical storm and crashed at Carnarvon Gorge and everyone died in the crash.
Sources:
PacificWrecks.com
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