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| Date: | Thursday 17 May 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-1-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | AURI - Air Force of the Republic of Indonesia |
| Registration: | T-440 |
| MSN: | 12097 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | off Kaimana, West Papua -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
A Douglas C-47 transport plane had just dropped paratroopers near Kaimana when it was intercepted by a Lockheed SP-2H Neptune, 207, operated by the Dutch Navy. Bursts of 20 mm board cannon fire caused a fire on the left hand wing of the C-47. The airplane ditched at sea and all crew members were rescued.
Sources:
Aanbieding "oorlogsbuit" door Rein Lub
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