Airplane Crash - Near Mossman, Queensland, Australia 09/07/1944
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Mossman, Queensland, Australia
| Date | 09/07/1944 |
| Location | Near Mossman, Queensland, Australia |
| Operator | Military - Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force |
| Route | Merauke -- Cairns |
| Type | C-47 Dakota DT-941 |
| Registration | VH-RDK |
| Aboard | 20 |
| Fatalities | 20 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The plane went missing while en route from Merauke to Cairns. The last radio contact was 15 minutes before ETA. A scientifiexpedition found the wreckage in January 1989, 65 km northwest from Cairns at a height of 1,200 meters. |
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