ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340194
| Date: | Friday 24 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-53 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 51 |
| MSN: | 4879 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | nr Chengdu -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dinjan Airport |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
When 100 miles out of Kunming, all radios were turned off so Japanese bombers had no radio beam to home-in on. The captain thought he was holding over Yunnanyi but apparently drifted, so when the radios came on after an hour, he could not get a fix on any station. After 11 hours 25 minutes and out of fuel, the crew were still lost and decided to bail.
Sources:
CNAC.org
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