ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337343
| Date: | Monday 8 April 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-1-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-16360 |
| MSN: | 20826 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Shensi -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Chongqing-Jiangbei International Airport (CKG/ZUCK) |
| Yan'an Ershilipu Airport (ENY/ZLYA) |
Crashed while on a flight to Yenan.
Four leading Communists were on board the Yenan-bound United States Army plane.
Sources:
The Windsor Daily Star - Apr 13, 1946
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