Date:	Saturday 9 December 1950
Time:
Type:	Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando
Owner/operator:	Civil Air Transport
Registration:	XT-852
MSN:	22449
Year of manufacture:	1945
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Mount Fuji -   Japan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Tachikawa Air Base (RJTC)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The aircraft crashed into the side of Mount Fuji, at the 8,000 foot level. One American and two Chinese pilots were killed. The aircraft was en route to Korea.

The Straits Times 11 December 1950, p2
Flying Tiger: The True Story of General Claire Chennault and the U.S. 14th Air Force in China / Jack Samson
CAT, Air Asia, Air America–the Company on Taiwan I: Structure and Development / Dr. Joe F. Leeker, 2015

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