Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 MAR 1945 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-16011 |
| C/n / msn: | 20477 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
| Airplane damage: | Missing |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | at an unknown location (Australia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cooktown Airport, QLD (CTN/YCKN), Australia |
| Finschhafen Airport (FIN), Papua New Guinea |
Missing en route.
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 Cooktown Airport, QLD to Finschhafen Airport as the crow flies is 1020 km (637 miles).
Distance from Cooktown Airport, QLD to Finschhafen Airport as the crow flies is 1020 km (637 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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