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  C-47A-30-DK Skytrain Serial Number 43-48232  
USAAF
ATC

Pilot   Martin Geril (survived)
Passenger  D. D. Beckwith (survived)
Passenger  Cyrus Lindsey (survived)
Passenger  P. C. Sibert (survived)
Passenger  T. F. Hickey (survived)
Passenger  Roper H. Baker (survived)
Passenger  A. B. Cooper (survived)
Passenger  K. Haymaker (survived)
Passenger  A. L. Levitt (survived)
Passenger  J. F. Rogers (survived)
Passenger  F. Stanklowicz (survived)
Passenger  J. H. Cassidy (survived)
Passenger  A. Corbelli (survived)
Crashed  October 11, 1944
MACR  none

Aircraft History
Built by Douglas Aircraft Company. Constructors Number 14048/25493. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as C-47A-30-DK Skytrain serial number 43-48232.

Wartime History
Assigned to Air Transport Command (ATC). No known nickname or nose art.

Mission History
On October 11, 1944 took off piloted by Martin Geril on a flight and crashed due to bad weather near Wewak on the north coast of New Guinea.

References
USAF Serial Number Search Results - C-47A-30-DK Skytrain 43-48232
"48232 (MSN 14048/25493) w/o Oct 11, 1944 near Wewak, PNG."
October 1944 USAAF Overseas Accident Reports - C-47A 43-48232
Aviation Safety Network - C-47A 43-48232
Thanks to Edward Rogers for additional research and analysis

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Last Updated
March 20, 2022

 

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