ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 101058
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Date: | Tuesday 25 January 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated B-24J Liberator |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
Registration: | 42-73308 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Damroh, Arunachal Pradesh -
India
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Kunming, China |
Destination airport: | Chabua, India |
Narrative:Missing in service.
This aircraft was assigned to the 14th Air Force, 308th Bombardment Group, 425th Squadron.
The crash site was located 7 December 2006.
The remains of the deceased were repatriated to the US in the year 2016.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp http://www.miarecoveries.org/pdf/B-24J-42-73308-Site-Report.pdf http://www.miarecoveries.org/reports.html http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/1944-plane-crash-on-indian-soil-us-soldiers-remains-to-be-handed-over/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Jan-2015 12:30 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Apr-2016 05:46 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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