Narrative:
Crashed on takeoff.
accident date: 06-03-1944
type: Curtiss C-46A Commando
registration: 42-3627
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 6 March 1944 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-3627 |
| MSN: | 26760 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Sookerating Air Base ( India)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sookerating Air Base, India |
| ? |
Crashed on takeoff.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)Photos
accident date: 06-03-1944
type: Curtiss C-46A Commando
registration: 42-3627
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