Date:	Thursday 10 February 1944
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-92051
MSN:	11809
Year of manufacture:	1943
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Mambare Bay -   Papua New Guinea
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Lae-Nadzab Airport (LAE/AYNZ)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Two Douglas C-47A transport planes operated by the USAAF collided in mid air. One of the aircraft, 42-92051 (c/n 11809) sustained severe damage to the vertical stabilizer, rudder and elevator. This aircraft was ditched 160 km SE off Lae, Papua New Guinea, killing one of the occupants. The other aircraft, 42-92038 (c/n 11794), landed safely.

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