ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335177
| Date: | Monday 1 February 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 44-78027 |
| MSN: | 33423 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 35 / Occupants: 35 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | S off Hokkaido -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tachikawa Air Base (RJTC) |
| Sapporo-Chitose Airport (CTS/RJCC) |
The airplane reportedly suffered an in-flight fire. The pilot attempted a ditched in the Tsugaru Straits between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, but the airplane crashed.
Sources:
Dover Daily Reporter February 01,1954
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