Narrative:
Crashed during takeoff from Lae, Papua New Guinea.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 23 February 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-35-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23875 |
| MSN: | 9737 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Lae ( Papua New Guinea)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed during takeoff from Lae, Papua New Guinea.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. GradidgePhotos
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