Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Aug 15, 1943 (9 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on August 15, 1943 near Tsile Tsile Morobe, Papua New Guinea with 9 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft was shot down...
- Date: August 15, 1943
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Tsile Tsile Morobe, Papua New Guinea
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft was shot down by Japanese Ki 43 fighters while in the traffic pattern to land at Tsili Tsili.
A USAAF C 47 of the 374th Troop Carrier Group was lost near Tsili Tsili, New Guinea, on 15 August 1943 after Japanese fighters attacked it in the landing pattern. All nine aboard were killed and no trace of the aircraft was found.