Date: | Tuesday 17 November 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
Registration: | 60 |
MSN: | 4681 |
Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 15 km NW of Dali, Yunnan Province -
China
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
Destination airport: | Dinjan Airport |
Narrative:CNAC Flight 60 left Kunming, China where it had dropped off a load of gasoline and ammunition, and was heading back to Dinjan, India when it disappeared over the Himalaya mountain range.
The wreckage was finally discovered in 2011, 13,400ft up a Himalayan mountain in Yunnan Province, China.
Sources:
Discovery of wreckage brings Brevard man closure (Florida Today, 1-1-2012) CNAC.org
69 years after hero American war pilot died, family find his lost plane 13,000ft up a Himalayan mountain (Mail Online, 2-1-2012) Location
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