Douglas C-39 (DC-2) crash, May 25, 1942 (9 killed), Alice...
Douglas C-39 (DC-2) accident on May 25, 1942 near Alice Springs Northern Territory, Australia with 9 fatalities.
- Date: May 25, 1942
- Aircraft: Douglas C-39 (DC-2)
- Location: Alice Springs Northern Territory, Australia
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
The C 39 Anne of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron was delayed at Alice Springs by bad weather and took off in the early morning of 25 May 1942. Two minutes after takeoff, while climbing by night, it crashed in flames in the desert near the airfield, and all aboard were killed.