ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 101057
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Date: | Tuesday 25 January 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated B-24J Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-73242 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Kesse Bagang, Arunachal Pradesh -
India
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Kunming, China |
Destination airport: | Chabua, India |
Narrative:Missing in service. The plane never arrived at its destination.
The wreckage of the plane was located in the year 2011. The entire crew perished in the crash.
Remains of one crewman identified May 15, 2019
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp http://www.miarecoveries.org/pdf/B-24J-42-73242-Site-Report.pdf http://www.miarecoveries.org/reports.html https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/1849311/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-gochnauer-t/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Jan-2015 08:58 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
17-May-2019 20:14 |
noman |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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