ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340949
| Date: | Tuesday 8 June 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-5 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 12406 |
| MSN: | 9178 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Noumea-Tontouta Airport (NOU) -
 New Caledonia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nouméa-Tontouta Airport (NOU/NWWW) |
Crashed in St. Vincent's Bay, shortly after takeoff from Toutouta Airport.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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