| Date: | Sunday 23 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-5 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 39090 |
| MSN: | 13859 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 30 km W of Kokoda -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cairns Airport, QLD (CNS/YBCS) |
| Manus Island-Momote Airport (MAS/AYMO) |
Struck high ground in the Owen Stanley Range, en route from RAAF Cairns, Australia to Momote, PNG.
The wreckage was discovered in 1970.
Sources:
PacificWrecks.com
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
Mark Dodge (e-mail, 24-11-2012)
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