ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-45-DL (DC-3) A65-15 Milne Bay Province
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Date:Wednesday 7 June 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-45-DL (DC-3)
Operator:Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF
Registration: A65-15
MSN: 9997
First flight: 1943
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:within Milne Bay Province (   Papua New Guinea)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Flew into hillside while en route from an airfield in the Milne Bay Province to an airfield near Port Moresby.
Dual civil registration VHCTO.

Sources:
» Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge


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