Status: | |
Date: | Tuesday 18 January 1944 |
Type: | Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 41-19476 |
MSN: | 6119 |
First flight: | 1942 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Fort Hertz Valley ( Myanmar)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Dinjan Airport, India |
Destination airport: | Dinjan Airport, India |
Narrative:The C-47, 41-19476, assigned 2nd Troop Carrier Squadron, departed Dinjan, India, on food packet drop mission to Burma. It was last seen at about 11:37 hours, before it was shot down by enemy fighters.
Sources:
» miac47burmawwii.org
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» MACR
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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.