ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3) 43-30749 Dobodura Airfield
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Date:Wednesday 1 November 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3)
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 43-30749
MSN: 13900
First flight: 1943
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Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Dobodura Airfield (   Papua New Guinea)
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:Military
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Narrative:
Destroyed by fire at Dobodura Airfield, Papua New Guinea when a fuel truck caught fire.

Classification:
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge


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