Narrative:
The C-46A, 42-23600, assigned to the India-China Wing ATC, Station 11, departed Missamari, India, on a cargo flight to Kunming, China, at about 02:22 hours local. The aircraft did not arrive at its destination.
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| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 25 May 1944 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-23600 |
| MSN: | 26733 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | at an unknown location ( Unknown country)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
The C-46A, 42-23600, assigned to the India-China Wing ATC, Station 11, departed Missamari, India, on a cargo flight to Kunming, China, at about 02:22 hours local. The aircraft did not arrive at its destination.
Sources:
» miac47burmawwii.org» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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