ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341158
| Date: | Monday 18 January 1943 |
| Time: | 09:12 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-38667 |
| MSN: | 6050 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Wau Airport (WUG) -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Port Moresby (unknown airport) |
| Wau Airport (WUG/AYWU) |
A group of ten C-47s took off from Port Moresby transporting personnel to Wau Airfield.
Third to land, C-47 41-38667 approached too low and clipped trees. It crashed 250 meters from the northern end of the runway.
Sources:
pacificwrecks.com
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