Narrative:
Crashed into the sea, 15 miles from Espirítu Santo Airport, Vanuatu.
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 5 September 1943 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23711 |
| MSN: | 9573 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 24 km (15 mls) off Espirítu Santo ( Vanuatu)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Espirítu Santo-Pekoa Airport (SON/NVSS), Vanuatu |
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Crashed into the sea, 15 miles from Espirítu Santo Airport, Vanuatu.
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