Descripción del Accidente ASN 25 AUG 1944 Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando 42-3575 - Shingowlyang
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Fecha:viernes 25 agosto 1944
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando
Operador:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registración: 42-3575
Numéro de série: 26708
Año de Construcción: 1943
Motores: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0
Total:Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3
Daños en la Aeronave: Desaparecido
Consecuencias: Presumed damaged beyond repair
Ubicación:31 km (19.4 milles) NE of Shingowlyang (   Birmania)
Fase: Desconocido (UNK)
Naturaleza:Militar
Aeropuerto de Salida:Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Sookerating Air Base, India
Descripción:
A Curtiss C-46 Commando, 42-3575, assigned to 10th Air Force, Air Transport Command, 1337th Air Base Unit, departed the airfield at Sookerating, India, on a flight to the airfield at Kunming, China, and return. A report was made that the C-46 was found, crashed, about 19 miles NE of Shingowlyang, Burma, and the crew was killed.

Fuentes:
» miac47burmawwii.org
» MACR
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)


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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield to Sookerating Air Base as the crow flies is 765 km (478 miles).

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.
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