Narrative:
The C-47A departed Hollandia at 06:34, bound for Biak. The aircraft crashed near Humboldt Bay.
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 23 July 1944 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-92049 |
| MSN: | 11806 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Humboldt Bay ( Papua New Guinea)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hollandia Airfield, Irian Jaya, Indonesia |
| Biak (unknown airport), Indonesia |
The C-47A departed Hollandia at 06:34, bound for Biak. The aircraft crashed near Humboldt Bay.
Sources:
» MACR» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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