Narrative:
Crashed.
» MACR
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 8 May 1945 |
| Time: | 04:30 IST |
| Type: |  Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-39204 |
| MSN: | 6 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-43 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | S of Jorhat ( India)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chengkung Airfield, China |
| Jorhat-Rowriah Airport (JRH/VEJT), India |
Crashed.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)» MACR
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Map
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 Chengkung Airfield to Jorhat-Rowriah Airport as the crow flies is 883 km (552 miles).
Distance from Chengkung Airfield to Jorhat-Rowriah Airport as the crow flies is 883 km (552 miles).
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