ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339255
| Date: | Friday 20 October 1944 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-15387 |
| MSN: | 19853 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 50 km N of Luichow -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chengkung Airfield |
| Chengdu Airport (CTU/ZUUU) |
Missing in service during cargo flight between Chenkung and Chengdu. Instrument weather conditions existed along the entire route.
Last radio contact was with Kurmitola when the crew reported that they were bailing out.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
MACR
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