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| Date: | Monday 11 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-18573 |
| MSN: | 4698 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | between Tontouta & Espiritu Santo -
 Pacific Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nouméa-La Tontouta International Airport (NOU/NWWW) |
| Espirítu Santo (unknown airfield) |
Lost between Tontouta & Espiritu Santo.
Sources:
usaafdata.com
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