| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 07, 1944 |
| Time: | ? |
| Location: | Near Mossman, Queensland, Australia |
| Operator: | Military - Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Merauke -- Cairns |
| AC Type: | C-47 Dakota DT-941 |
| Registration: | VH-RDK |
| cn / ln: | 12880 |
| Aboard: | 20 (passengers:16 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 20 (passengers:16 crew:4) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The plane went missing while en route from Merauke to Cairns. The last radio contact was 15 minutes before ETA. A scientific expedition found the wreckage in January 1989, 65 km northwest from Cairns at a height of 1,200 meters. |
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