Date:	Thursday 15 November 1945
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF
Registration:	A65-54
MSN:	13339
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 28
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Jacquinot Bay -   Papua New Guinea
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Jacquinot Bay Airport (JAQ)
Destination airport:	Rabaul-Lakunai Airfield (RAB/AYRB)

Narrative:
Crashed into a 7598 foot (2315 m) mountain peak during a short flight from Jacquinot Bay to Rabaul.

Dakota crash premonition / By Bob Piper Military Aviation Research Services. - Air Force, Volume 48, No. 5, April 6, 2006
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site

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