Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 7 September 1944
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator: ML-KNIL (Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force)
Registration Number: DT-941
Location: 12,3 km NW of Mossman, QLD –
ÿ Australia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20
Category: Accident
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Description
The plane went missing while en route from Merauke to Cairns. The last radio contact was 15 minutes before ETA. A scientific expedition found the wreckage in January 1989, 73 km northwest of Cairns Airport at a height of 1,300 meters.
Source of Information
http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/qld157.htm, http://www.veteranenmeteenmissie.nl/upload/file/MLD.pdfhttp://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/qld157.htm, http://www.veteranenmeteenmissie.nl/upload/file/MLD.pdfShare on:
