Date: | Monday 14 September 1942 |
Time: | 19:10 |
Type: | Douglas DC-2-112 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
Registration: | A30-5 |
MSN: | 1287 |
Year of manufacture: | 1934 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Port Moresby-Seven Mile Aerodrome (POM) -
Papua New Guinea
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Port Moresby-Seven Mile Aerodrome (POM/AYPY) |
Narrative:Crashed while on approach to Seven Mile Strip and burned. The aircraft was attached to the RAAF 36 Squadron.
RAAF Crew Members who were killed were:
414637 Sgt BEITZ Gordon Thomas;
413356 Sgt DALLY John Douglas;
347 FL DEVINE Stewart;
40432 FA LAC FOERS Frank Harold.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site Revision history:
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