Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
Status:
Date:27 MAR 1943
Time:05:12
Type:Douglas C-47-DL
Operator:Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF
Registration: A65-2
C/n / msn: 6149
First flight: 1942
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19
Total:Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:1,5 km (0.9 mls) S of Brisbane-Archerfield RAAF Station, QLD (Australia)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD (YBAF), Australia
Destination airport:Sydney (unknown airport), NSW, Australia
Narrative:
Crashed into wooded country shortly after takeoff.

Sources:
» Peter Dunn's Australia @ war

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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.
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