ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340155
Date: | Wednesday 5 April 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-100468 |
MSN: | 18931 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kamiri Airstrip, Noemfoor Island -
Indonesia
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:An RAAF CAC CA-16 Wirraway aircraft, A20-625, was taking off from Kamiri Airstrip, Noemfoor Island when a USAAF Douglas C-47 entered the active runway.
The Wirraway pilot attempted to avert a collision, but struck and damaged several parked Douglas C-47 transport aircraft, among others 42-100468.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site Revision history:
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