ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341172
| Date: | Tuesday 12 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-18598 |
| MSN: | 4723 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Port Moresby-Wards Airfield -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
USAAF Douglas C-47s 41-38667 (msn 6050) and 41-18598 (msn 4723) were involved in a ground collision at Port Moresby-Wards Airfield. 41-38667 was repaired and crashed a few days later at Wau, while the fate of 41-18598 is unknown. It was officially condemned on December 1, 1943 after an accident.
Sources:
pacificwrecks.com
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