Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 DEC 1943 |
| Time: | 09:20 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-60-DL |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-30742 |
| C/n / msn: | 13893 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 2 km (1.3 mls) N of Canal Creek, QLD (Australia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Townsville Airport, QLD (TSV/YBTL), Australia |
| Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD (YBAF), Australia |
The C-47 disintegrated and crashed some two hours after departure from Townsville-Garbutt Airfield. The airplane was part of the Allied Directorate of Air Transport (ADAT) fleet with call sign VH-CHR.
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Sources:
» Peter Dunn's Australia @ war
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Townsville Airport, QLD to Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD as the crow flies is 1118 km (699 miles).
Distance from Townsville Airport, QLD to Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD as the crow flies is 1118 km (699 miles).
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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