ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) 43-16011
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Date:Tuesday 27 March 1945
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 43-16011
MSN: 20477
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20
Total:Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24
Aircraft damage: Missing
Aircraft fate: Presumed damaged beyond repair
Location:at an unknown location (   Papua New Guinea)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Cooktown Airport, QLD (CTN/YCKN), Australia
Destination airport:Finschhafen Airport (FIN), Papua New Guinea
Narrative:
Missing en route.

The wreckage of this aircraft has never been located. It is believed to be somewhere in the mountains of the Saruwaged Range, Papua New Guinea.

Sources:
» Peter Dunn's Australia @ war
» PacificWrecks.com


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Distance from Cooktown Airport, QLD to Finschhafen Airport as the crow flies is 1020 km (637 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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Douglas DC-3

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