ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338138
| Date: | Thursday 10 May 1945 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-5-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A65-39 |
| MSN: | 12361 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | between Tadji and Maprik -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aitape-Tadji Airport (TAJ) |
| Aitape-Tadji Airport (TAJ) |
The C-47 struck a mountainside in poor weather while on a resupply mission from Tadji Airstrip to the Maprik drop zone.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
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