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| Date: | Thursday 26 November 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commado |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 44-77549 |
| MSN: | 32945 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 30 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2,4 km WSW off Yonago-Miho Air Base (YGJ) -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Yonago-Miho Air Base (YGJ/RJOH) |
The aircraft ditched off Miho Air Base, Japan. All five crew members and 25 passengers were rescued.
Sources:
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 28 November 1953, p2
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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