Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 NOV 1945 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-25-DK |
| Operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A65-54 |
| C/n / msn: | 13339 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 28 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Jacquinot Bay (Papua New Guinea) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Jacquinot Bay Airport (JAQ), Papua New Guinea |
| Rabaul-Tokua Airport (RAB/AYRB), Papua New Guinea |
Crashed into a 7598 foot (2315m) mountain peak during a short flight from Jacquinot Bay to Rabaul.
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Sources:
» Dakota crash premonition / By Bob Piper Military Aviation Research Services. - Air Force, Volume 48, No. 5, April 6, 2006
» Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
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Map
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 Jacquinot Bay Airport to Rabaul-Tokua Airport as the crow flies is 174 km (109 miles).
Distance from Jacquinot Bay Airport to Rabaul-Tokua Airport as the crow flies is 174 km (109 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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