ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340747
| Date: | Friday 27 August 1943 |
| Time: | 10:25 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23698 |
| MSN: | 9560 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Winima -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Wau Airport (WUG/AYWU) |
Loaded with a cargo of bombs and ammunition, the plane crashed under unknown circumstances. The entire crew of four and three passengers perished in the crash.
Sources:
pacificwrecks.com
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