Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 1 November 1944 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 43-30749 |
MSN: | 13900 |
First flight: | 1943 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Dobodura Airfield ( Papua New Guinea)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
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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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.