ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338255
| Date: | Thursday 19 April 1945 |
| Time: | 05:33 |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-5 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 39067 |
| MSN: | 10017 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gooseberry Hill, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Guildford Airport, WA (PER/YPPH) |
| Adelaide Airport, SA (ADL/YPAD) |
Crashed three minutes after takeoff from runway 11. The aircraft struck the rising stony ground of Gooseberry Hill in fog.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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