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DC 3 Crash Site - QLD

DC 3 Crash Site

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -10.91756 142.428696

DMS: 10º 55' 3.21" S 142º 25' 43.3" E

UTM: 54 L 8792767mN 656135mE

Altitude: 54m

Address & Contact

Airport Rd
Umagico QLD 4876

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Information

At 2039 hours on the 4th May 1945, this DC 3 Aircraft VH-CXD departed Archerfield in Brisbane with 4 crew and 2 passengers enroute to New Guinea.

At 0518 hours the plane crashed and all 6 men were killed and this memorial was erected in memory of all those on board that died in the crash.

PlaceID	122428

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Horn Island at 02/12:30am EST

Distance from DC 3 Crash Site 40km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
26.6°C	28.6°C	85%	23.9°C	1010.0hPa	0.0mm	SSE	20km/hr 11knots	33km/hr 18knots

Closest Climatic Station

Horn Island

Distance from DC 3 Crash Site 40km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	30.9	30.5	30.4	30.4	29.9	29.3	28.8	29.0	30.1	31.0	31.9	31.8
Mean Min. °C	25.1	25.0	25.0	25.2	24.7	23.9	23.1	22.9	23.8	24.8	25.7	25.7
Mean Rain mm	387.5	467.0	358.2	228.0	71.3	15.8	8.3	5.5	6.3	16.9	49.1	191.5