Mendi DC3 Wing
Knowing old Ron, he'd tealeaf anything and it could have come from afar. I certainly do not recall any DC3 prangs in Mendi.
My best recall is that 3 Civilian DC3's (C47's) were written off in TPNG/PNG, (a) Patair at Bereina burnt out after inflight cargo fire and force landed.(b) Ansett-MAL at Wapenamunda, gear strut failure on landing, and (c) an Ansett-APNG (ex Patair) on loan to TAA at Madang over ran into the briny after in flight hydraulic loss and no brakes landing on 07. There were a couple of outer wings in the Madang hangar for years afterwards (Vh-PNB I think)