Last updated: 29 November 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 21 November 1943 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-18648 |
| MSN: | 6009 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | W of Mondo, QLD ( Australia)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rockhampton Airport, QLD (ROK/YBRK), Australia |
| Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD (ACF/YBAF), Australia |
Crashed west of Mondo, QLD, Australia. The wreckage was found on June 22, 1948.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge» MACR
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Rockhampton Airport, QLD to Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD as the crow flies is 529 km (330 miles).
Distance from Rockhampton Airport, QLD to Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD as the crow flies is 529 km (330 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Douglas DC-3
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