Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 JAN 1945 |
| Type: | Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-77396 |
| C/n / msn: | 32792 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | at an unknown location () |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Biak-Mokmer Airport (BIK/WABB), Indonesia |
| Tacloban Airport (TAC/RPVA), Philippines |
Missing on a flight from Biak to Tacloban
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Biak-Mokmer Airport to Tacloban Airport as the crow flies is 1837 km (1148 miles).
Distance from Biak-Mokmer Airport to Tacloban Airport as the crow flies is 1837 km (1148 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
