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| Date: | Sunday 6 August 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Fokker Universal |
| Owner/operator: | Catholic Mission of the Holy Ghost |
| Registration: | VH-UJT |
| MSN: | 436 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Alexishafen, Madang -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Danip Airfield, Madang Province, New Guinea |
| Salamaua, New Guinea | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on takeoff due to overloading; pilot Willy Schaffhausen.
Sources:
1. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/vhujt.html
2. https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/fokker/VH-UJT.html
3. http://www.golf-dornseif.de/uploads/Gouverneur_Habers_realistische_Goldrausch_Visionen.pdf
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-148202868/view
5. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Aug39.html
7. https://email.ipage.com/index.php/15-aeroplanes/84-register-australia
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Feb-2011 15:39 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2014 20:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2014 20:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Sep-2015 16:30 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jun-2023 19:42 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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