Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 JUL 1945 |
| Type: | Curtiss R5C-1 Commando (C-46) |
| Operator: | United States Marine Corps |
| Registration: | 39561 |
| C/n / msn: | 30438 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 8 km (5 mls) W off Guam-North Field AFB (UAM) (Guam) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Guam-North Field AFB (UAM/PGUA), Guam |
| ? |
Ditched after takeoff.
Sources:
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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.
