Accident Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express 42-107270,
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Date:Tuesday 30 November 1943
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Type:Silhouette image of generic B24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 42-107270
MSN: 22
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Tibetan plateau -   China
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP)
Destination airport:Jorhat-Rowriah Airport (JRH/VEJT)
Narrative:
All five crew members bailed out after becoming lost.

Sources:

Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Lost In Tibet: The Untold Story Of Five American Airmen, A Doomed Plane, And the Will to Survive / Richard Starks,Miriam Murcut

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