ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340351
| Date: | Saturday 29 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-24739 |
| MSN: | 26660 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | NE of Rilu -
 India
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chanyi Airport |
| Misamari Air Base |
The C-46 aircraft departed Chanyi, China at 09:40Z for Misamari, India. Winds were reported out of the SW at 80 - 100 mph at altitudes greater than 18,000 ft. and severe icing below 21,000 ft. No radio contact was received after it departed Chanyi. It was later found to have crashed at 3679 feet elevation on a jungle hill.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
MIA Recoveries (miarecoveries.org)
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