| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | July 23, 1944 |
| Time: | ? |
| Location: | Nineteen miles W of Kokoda, Papua New Guinea |
| Operator: | Military - US Navy |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Cairns or Mareeba, Australia - Los Negros Island |
| AC Type: | R4D-5 |
| Registration: | 39090 |
| cn / ln: | 13859 |
| Aboard: | 17 (passengers:15 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 17 (passengers:15 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The plane disappeared on a flight from Australia to Los Negros Island. Last known position transmitted by radio placed the aircraft due south of Port Moresby at 11-degrees South, about 60-minutes flying time. Hit the slope of a mountain in the Owen Stanley range. Wreckage finally found in 1970. Other sources report the accident happened in the region of Cairns. |
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