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| Date: | Thursday 12 November 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-50C |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-7695 |
| MSN: | 4083 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Cooktown, QLD -
 Australia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Townsville Airport, QLD (TSV/YBTL) |
| Cooktown Airport, QLD (CTN/YCKN) |
The C-50C, named "The Apple Cart" was attached to the 21 Troop Carrier Squadron, 374th Troop Carrier Group. The aircraft ditched into the sea on a flight from Townsville to Cooktown, Australia. The crew took to a dinghy and were rescued approximately 18 hours later by a passing freighter.
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