Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 OCT 1944 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-30-DK |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-48232 |
| C/n / msn: | 14048/25493 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Wewak (Papua New Guinea) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed in poor weather.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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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.
