| Date: | Friday 26 November 1943 |
| Time: | 04:15 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-56B-LO Lodestar |
| Owner/operator: | Allied Directorate of Air Transport (ADAT), opb Qantas |
| Registration: | VH-CAB |
| MSN: | 18-2103 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 13 km from Port Moresby -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Port Moresby-Wards Airfield |
| Townsville-Garbutt Airfield, QLD (TSV/YBTL) |
Flew into the side of a mountain.
Sources:
https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/lodestar/VH-CAB.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2024 08:02 | ASN | Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, ] |
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