Narrative:
The Curtiss C-46A Commando, 42-3597, assigned to 10th Air Force, Air Transport Command, Station 11, departed Chittagong, on a cargo transport mission to Supam, India.
The aircraft was attacked by enemy aircraft and shot down. The pilot bailed out and suffered a broken left leg and minor injuries. The other crew members died in the crash
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-3597 |
| MSN: | 26730 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Imphal ( India)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chittagong Airport, Bangladesh |
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The Curtiss C-46A Commando, 42-3597, assigned to 10th Air Force, Air Transport Command, Station 11, departed Chittagong, on a cargo transport mission to Supam, India.
The aircraft was attacked by enemy aircraft and shot down. The pilot bailed out and suffered a broken left leg and minor injuries. The other crew members died in the crash
Classification:
Shot down by aircraftSources:
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