Date:	Saturday 5 May 1945
Time:	22:26
Type:	Douglas C-54E-1-DO (DC-4)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	44-9043
MSN:	27269
Year of manufacture:	1945
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Manus Island -   Papua New Guinea
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Lorengau Airfield
Destination airport:	Biak-Sorido Airfield

Narrative:
The Skymaster departed Sorido Airstrip. After takeoff the pilot did not turn away to clear rising terrain. The aircraft flew into a bluff at an elevation of about 500 feet (150 m). It was deemed possible that the flaps were retracted too soon after takeoff.

Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
PacificWrecks.com

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