Status: | |
Date: | Sunday 10 December 1944 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-50-DL (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-24215 |
MSN: | 10077 |
First flight: | 1943 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 32 km (20 mls) N of Nadzab ( Papua New Guinea)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Dobodura Airfield, Papua New Guinea |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The C-47 went missing en route between Dobodura and Jayapura-Hollandia, Papua New Guinea.
The wreckage was not found until 1975 in the Sarawaget Range.
Sources:
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PacificWrecks.com» 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.