Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, May 12, 1943 (5 killed)

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on May 12, 1943 near Kokoda Central, Papua New Guinea with 5 fatalities.

A USAAF Douglas C 47 of the 374th Troop Carrier Group flying from Dobodura to Port Moresby struck the slope of a mountain in the Owen Stanley range near Myola Lake in poor weather on 12 May 1943. All five aboard were killed.

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