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| Date: | Wednesday 10 October 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-20-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-78490 |
| MSN: | 22313 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-75 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 22 km N of Boana -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Biak-Mokmer Airport (BIK/WABB) |
| Finschhafen Airport (FIN) |
Crashed at 11.000 feet on the north face of Sarwaged Mountain range in poor weather.
Sources:
www.pacificwrecks.com
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