Date:	Sunday 5 September 1943
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-23711
MSN:	9573
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	24 km off Espirítu Santo -   Vanuatu
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Espirítu Santo-Pekoa Airport (SON/NVSS)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Crashed into the sea, 15 miles from Espirítu Santo Airport, Vanuatu.

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