ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337989
| Date: | Saturday 16 June 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-30746 |
| MSN: | 13897 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Maikisung -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The C-47A carrying 12 officers and men crashed in the New Guinea jungles 15 miles due west of Finschhafen near the native village of Maikisung. It is assumed that the plane, which had been on a routine flight from Palowan to Australia, was lost in weather and crashed into a mountain.
Sources:
fold3.com
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