Narrative:
Flew into the side of Blue Ridge Mountain at an elevation of 3200 feet. The airplane operated on a navigation training flight. The wreckage was found in August 1945.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 19 September 1944 |
| Time: | 23:00 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-107397 |
| MSN: | 27084 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 19 km (11.9 mls) NNW of Speculator, NY ( United States of America)
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| Crash site elevation: | 975 m (3199 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Syracuse AAF, NY (SYR/KSYR), United States of America |
| Syracuse AAF, NY (SYR/KSYR), United States of America |
Flew into the side of Blue Ridge Mountain at an elevation of 3200 feet. The airplane operated on a navigation training flight. The wreckage was found in August 1945.
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