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DC3 wreck - WA

DC3 wreck

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -14.128206 126.309508

DMS: 14º 07' 41.54" S 126º 18' 34.23" E

UTM: 52 L 8436429mN 209519mE

Altitude: 5.88m

Address & Contact

Mitchell Plateau WA 6740

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Information

Wreck of DC3 which was on a flight out of Perth in February 1942. A landing at Broome was scheduled but it flew past and then ran out of fuel, making a forced landing where it remains today on a beach near Cape Londonderry in Vansittart Bay. All crew and passengers survived. In a beautiful part of the Kimberley it attracts many visitors from cruise ships.

PlaceID	393639

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Truscott at 18/09:30am WST

Distance from DC3 wreck 9.34km NE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
29.4°C	31.1°C	52%	18.5°C	1018.2hPa	0.0mm	W	7km/hr 4knots	15km/hr 8knots

Closest Climatic Station

Kalumburu

Distance from DC3 wreck 40.71km SE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	33.8	33.2	33.4	34.6	33.3	31.2	31.9	33.4	35.6	36.8	37.1	35.3
Mean Min. °C	24.6	24.4	23.5	21.0	16.7	13.7	13.8	14.6	19.2	22.5	24.7	24.9
Mean Rain mm	303.9	308.7	234.9	39.1	18.5	3.3	0.3	0.3	1.8	38.8	80.4	235.8