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Safety history
March 27, 1943Accident
One minute after takeoff from Brisbane-Archerfield Airport, while climbing at night, the airplane entered a patch of fog. It rolled to the left to an angle of 90° then nosed down and plunged in a wooded area located 1,500 metres south of the airport, bursting into flames. All 23 occupants were killed. The aircraft had also the civil registration VH-CTB. Crew: F/O Alexander Ken Arnold, pilot, Sgt Joseph Hammond, copilot, Lac Samuel Ivan Wiles, fitter, Sgt Lyle Carter Morgan, wireless operator. Pa
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) · 23 fatalities