ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340796
| Date: | Saturday 7 August 1943 |
| Time: | 05:20 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-7733 |
| MSN: | 4212 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SE off Townsville, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Townsville Airport, QLD (TSV/YBTL) |
| Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD (ACF/YBAF) |
The C-47, part of the Allied Directorate of Air Transport (ADAT) fleet with call sign VH-CCE, crashed into Cleveland Bay.
Sources:
Peter Dunn's Australia @ war
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