ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337636
| Date: | Sunday 30 September 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-77317 |
| MSN: | 32713 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Finschhafen Airfield (FIN) -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Finschhafen Airport (FIN) |
Ditched in the sea, after having taken off from Finschhafen Airfield, Papua New Guinea.
All aboard were rescued and returned safely to shore.
Sources:
Pacificwrecks.com
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