ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47B-30-DK (DC-3) 44-76649 Kachin State
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Date:Tuesday 15 May 1945
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47B-30-DK (DC-3)
Operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 44-76649
MSN: 32981/16233
First flight: 1945
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants:
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Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:within Kachin State (   Myanmar)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Damaged beyond repair in China-Burma-India theatre of operations. At least one occupant was killed.

Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 The first seventy years Vol.2 / J.M. Gradidge


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