ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) T-440 Kaimana, West Papua
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Date:Thursday 17 May 1962
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3)
Operator:AURI - Air Force of the Republic of Indonesia
Registration: T-440
MSN: 12097
First flight: 1943
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:off Kaimana, West Papua (   Indonesia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
A Douglas C-47 transport plane had just dropped paratroopers near Kaimana when it was intercepted by a Lockheed SP-2H Neptune, 207, operated by the Dutch Navy. Bursts of 20 mm board cannon fire caused a fire on the left hand wing of the C-47. The airplane ditched at sea and all crew members were rescued.

Classification:
Shot down by aircraft
Ditching

Sources:
» Aanbieding "oorlogsbuit" door Rein Lub


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