Incident Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) T-450, Sunday 18 May 1958
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Date:Sunday 18 May 1958
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:AURI - Air Force of the Republic of Indonesia
Registration: T-450
MSN: 33477/16729
Year of manufacture:1945
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Location:Laha, Ambon -   Indonesia
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Destroyed on the ground when the airfield was attacked by a B-25 bomber, flown by CIA-backed anti-Soekarno government rebels of the Permesta movement.

Sources:

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge

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