Détails:
Crashed due to bad weather. Aboard was freight for the Royal Australian Navy.
The airplane operated on a cargo flight from Mascot Airport, Australia to Momote Airfield, PNG with en route stops at Townsville-Garbutt Airfield and an airfield in the Milne Bay area.
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt Charles Raymond Kerferd Young, 425802 RAAF (KIA)
Navigator F/O Frederick Dunlop Rutledge, 426164 RAAF (KIA)
Radio W/O Kenneth Clement Bevan, 1140088 RAF (KIA).
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | lundi 2 juillet 1945 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas Dakota IV (DC-3) |
| Compagnie: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Immatriculation: | KN344 |
| Numéro de série: | 32660/15912 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1945 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | de Samarai Island ( Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Townsville-Garbutt Airfield, QLD (TSV/YBTL), Australie |
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Crashed due to bad weather. Aboard was freight for the Royal Australian Navy.
The airplane operated on a cargo flight from Mascot Airport, Australia to Momote Airfield, PNG with en route stops at Townsville-Garbutt Airfield and an airfield in the Milne Bay area.
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt Charles Raymond Kerferd Young, 425802 RAAF (KIA)
Navigator F/O Frederick Dunlop Rutledge, 426164 RAAF (KIA)
Radio W/O Kenneth Clement Bevan, 1140088 RAF (KIA).
Sources:
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