42-40682
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Safety history
- September 7, 1943Accident
The four engine airplane departed 7 Mile Drome in Port Moresby in the early morning on a surveillance mission, carrying 11 crew members. Shortly after takeoff, it went out of control and crashed into a truck convoy loaded with Australian Army 2/33rd Infantry Battalion soldiers on the eastern end of the runway. All 11 occupants of the airplane were killed as well as 59 people on the ground. 92 others were injured. All soldiers in trucks were awaiting orders to board C-47 Skytrains' to be flown no