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A C-46 transport plane was destroyed in an accident during a low altitude navigation flight. All four on board were killed. The flight left Austin-Bergstrom Field at 20:31 but failed to return. The wreckage was located four days later. The airplane had crashed into a wooded hillside at an elevation of 1500 feet.
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| Date: | mercredi 18 avril 1945 |
| Heure: | 22:05 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando |
| Compagnie: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Immatriculation: | 44-77721 |
| Numéro de série: | 33117 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1945 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 13 km (8.1 milles) NW of Burnet, TX ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Austin-Bergstrom Field, TX (KAUS), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Austin-Bergstrom Field, TX (KAUS), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
A C-46 transport plane was destroyed in an accident during a low altitude navigation flight. All four on board were killed. The flight left Austin-Bergstrom Field at 20:31 but failed to return. The wreckage was located four days later. The airplane had crashed into a wooded hillside at an elevation of 1500 feet.
Sources:
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. MirelesPhotos
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