ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338667
| Date: | Saturday 17 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-5-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A65-34 |
| MSN: | 12250 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1742 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Nadzab -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aitape-Tadji Airport (TAJ) |
| Aitape-Tadji Airport (TAJ) |
Crashed when dropping supplies to commandos in the Nadzab area when it got too low in a blind valley. Dual civil registration VHCUF.
Sources:
RAAF Casualty Database
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
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