ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) 43-15418 Lae-Nadzab Air Base (LAE)
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Date:Monday 24 July 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3)
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 43-15418
MSN: 19884
First flight: 1944
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Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Lae-Nadzab Air Base (LAE) (   Papua New Guinea)
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Lae-Nadzab Airport (LAE/AYNZ), Papua New Guinea
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Crashed on takeoff, no further details.

Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge


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