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| Date: | Monday 14 September 1942 |
| Time: | 19:10 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-2-112 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A30-5 |
| MSN: | 1287 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1934 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Port Moresby-Seven Mile Aerodrome (POM) -
 Papua New Guinea
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Port Moresby-Seven Mile Aerodrome (POM/AYPY) |
Crashed while on approach to Seven Mile Strip and burned. The aircraft was attached to the RAAF 36 Squadron.
RAAF Crew Members who were killed were:
414637 Sgt BEITZ Gordon Thomas;
413356 Sgt DALLY John Douglas;
347 FL DEVINE Stewart;
40432 FA LAC FOERS Frank Harold.
Sources:
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History web site
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