ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338531
| Date: | Wednesday 14 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-93505 |
| MSN: | 13424 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 22 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bathurst Bay, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rockhampton Airport, QLD (ROK/YBRK) |
| Pitu/Morotai Island Airport (OTI/WAMR) |
The C-47, en route from Rockhampton Airport, Australia to Morotai, Indonesia, was forced to turn back after running out of fuel. Most of the occupants bailed out of the plane before the crash. Two occupants were missing and are presumed to have died.
Sources:
Australia @ War (ozatwar.com)
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