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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 Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated
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