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| Date: | Friday 6 July 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-15-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ3529 |
| MSN: | 26650/15205 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Espiritu Santo-Palikulo Field -
 Vanuatu
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Espiritu Santo-Palikulo Field |
The C-47B transport plane went off the runway during takeoff and came to rest between trees.
Sources:
The Story of the RNZAF's Douglas C-47
PacificWrecks.com
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