ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338126
| Date: | Sunday 13 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-49788 |
| MSN: | 27049/15604 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Irian Jaya -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Flew into the side of a mountain at an elevation of 7000 ft. (2100 m). Three survivors were picked up nearly two weeks after the accident.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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