Date:	Friday 22 June 1945
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	43-16230
MSN:	20696
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Irian Jaya -   Indonesia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Merauke-Mopah Airport (MKQ/WAKK)
Destination airport:	Biak (unknown airport)

Narrative:
The C-47B transport plane departed Australia carrying passengers returning from leave and a cargo of fresh food. The airplane landed at Merauke Airfield in the evening and took off again at roughly 21:40 hours, bound for Biak. That night, there were stratocumulus cloud cover to 12,000' with 6-8/10 cover and intermittent rains. Last radio contact was at 22:40. The aircraft failed to arrive at Biak and searches were fruitless.
On March 2, 1962 the wreckage of this C-47 was discovered on a mountain peak at 12,000 feet.

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Pacificwrecks.com

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