ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340566
| Date: | Tuesday 16 November 1943 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-5-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23420 |
| MSN: | 9282 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2,4 km SSE of Rewan Homestead, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Cloncurry Airport, QLD (CNJ/YCCY) |
| Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, QLD (ACF/YBAF) |
The aircraft broke up in mid-air in a violent storm over Rewan Station, south of Springsure, Queensland, Australia. All 19 occupants, five Americans and fourteen Australians, died in the crash.
Sources:
Australia @ War (ozatwar.com)
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