ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338828
| Date: | Thursday 18 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-49871 |
| MSN: | 27132/15687 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Hawaii -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Novato-Hamilton Army Air Field, CA |
| Honolulu-John Rodgers Airport, HI (HNL/PHNL) |
Lost at sea while being ferried to Australia. It was on delivery to the Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF and would receive the serial A65-72.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Gordon R Birkett (ADF-Serials.com.au)
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