Last updated: 29 May 2020
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 2 August 1943 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-12420 |
| C/n / msn: | 26547 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 20 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 24 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Lahe Nanyon ( Myanmar)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chabua Airfield (VECA), India |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
Crashed in the China-Burma-India theatre of operations after mechanical failure. At least one crew member was killed.
All aboard had to bail out as the airplane was not able to maintain altitude after engine problems.
Sources:
» China-Burma-India Hump Pilot Association Newsletter Fall/Winter 2004» The Crash of a C-46; Tail Number: 41-12420 / John C. Neveu
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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 Chabua Airfield to Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield as the crow flies is 803 km (502 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Chabua Airfield to Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield as the crow flies is 803 km (502 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.
