ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341282
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Date: | Thursday 12 November 1942 |
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Type: | Douglas C-50C |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 41-7695 |
MSN: | 4083 |
Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Cooktown, QLD -
Australia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Townsville Airport, QLD (TSV/YBTL) |
Destination airport: | Cooktown Airport, QLD (CTN/YCKN) |
Narrative:The C-50C, named "The Apple Cart" was attached to the 21 Troop Carrier Squadron, 374th Troop Carrier Group. The aircraft ditched into the sea on a flight from Townsville to Cooktown, Australia. The crew took to a dinghy and were rescued approximately 18 hours later by a passing freighter.
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11 December 1942 |
VHCDI |
Allied Directorate of Air Transport - ADAT |
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Popondetta |
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