Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Date: | Monday 24 December 1945 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
Operator: | Marine Luchtvaart Dienst - MLD |
Registration: | Q-1 |
MSN: | 19705 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | at an unknown location ( Unknown country)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Several hundred USAAF C-47s were present at Manila in the Philippines shortly before the end of World War II. Fifteen of those were purchased by the Dutch Navy. These aircraft were ferried from Manila to Sydney to reinforce the Navy Detachment in Australia. It is reported that Q-1 crashed during the delivery flight.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 The first seventy years Vol.2 / J.M. Gradidge
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.