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| Date: | Thursday 26 February 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-20066 |
| MSN: | 4836 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 10 km SW of Truscott, WA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Broome Airport, WA (BME/YBRM) |
| Broome Airport, WA (BME/YBRM) |
The pilot overshot Broome Airport at night and flew on for another 400 miles. It subsequently made a wheels up landing in an open space near Varsittart Bay, about six miles south-west of Truscott. All survived. The crash site is still accessible.
Sources:
pacificwrecks.com
Australia @ War (ozatwar.com)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Michael Macaulay; near Truscott, WA; 1978
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