ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340762
| Date: | Monday 23 August 1943 |
| Time: | 04:30 |
| Type: |  Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-107274 |
| MSN: | 26 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,6 km from Tezpur Airport (TEZ) -
 India
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tezpur-Salonibari Airport (TEZ/VETZ) |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
The aircraft crashed and burned 1 mile from the end of the Tezpur runway. The airplane was fully loaded with fuel drums and ammunition. The crash was attributed to failure of one or possibly two engines on takeoff. The crew members were employees of American Airlines, operating under contract to Air Transport Command.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
To the Four Winds / by James Mangan p47-48.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 February 1946 | G-AGEM | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC | 1 | Charlottetown, PE (YYG) |  |
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