Date:	Sunday 6 May 1945
Time:	12:54
Type:	Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	44-77839
MSN:	33235
Year of manufacture:	1945
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 30
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Hindhead -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Newbury-Greenham Common RAF Station (EWY/EGVI)

Narrative:
A 8/10 cloud coverage at 600 feet caused the pilot to fly very low. The C-46 entered a valley where it struck a radar tower on top of Gibbets Hill. The airplane lost its right wing and crashed.

Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

8 May 1945

44-77389

United States Army Air Force - USAAF

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