Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
Status:
Datum:15 NOV 1945
Flugzeugtyp:Douglas C-47A-25-DK
Fluggesellschaft:Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF
Kennzeichen: A65-54
Werknummer: 13339
Baujahr: 1944
Triebwerk: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 25 / Insassen: 25
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 28 / Insassen: 28
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:nahe Jacquinot Bay (Papua Neuguinea)
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Militär
Flug von:Jacquinot Bay Airport (JAQ), Papua Neuguinea
Flug nach:Rabaul-Tokua Airport (RAB/AYRB), Papua Neuguinea
Unfallbericht:
Crashed into a 7598 foot (2315m) mountain peak during a short flight from Jacquinot Bay to Rabaul.

Informationsquelle:
» 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).

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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