Date:	Sunday 15 August 1943
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	41-18682
MSN:	6088
Year of manufacture:	1942
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	UI
Location:	Tsili Tsili -   Papua New Guinea
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Port Moresby (unknown airport)
Destination airport:	Tsili Tsili Airfield

Narrative:
The Douglas C-47 transport plane took off from Port Moresby, bound for Tsili Tsili Airfield. It was shot down in the Tsili Tsili area by Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar. The pilot attempted to crash land between trees, and crashed near Tsili Tsili.
One passenger initially survived but died later that day in hospital.

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
pacificwrecks.com

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