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| Date: | Thursday 7 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-100461 |
| MSN: | 18924 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | between Biak and Morotai -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Biak-Mokmer Airport (BIK/WABB) |
| Pitu/Morotai Island Airport (OTI/WAMR) |
The C-47 transport plane took off from Biak-Mokmer at 05:05 and did not arrive at the destination, Morotai.
Sources:
MACR
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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