Narrative:
Missing between Jorhat and Kunming.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 15 May 1943 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-32861 |
| MSN: | 9087 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | unknown ( Unknown country)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Jorhat-Rowriah Airport (JRH/VEJT), India |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
Missing between Jorhat and Kunming.
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. GradidgePhotos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Jorhat-Rowriah Airport to Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield as the crow flies is 873 km (546 miles).
Distance from Jorhat-Rowriah Airport to Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield as the crow flies is 873 km (546 miles).
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