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| Date: | Sunday 5 May 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-78268 |
| MSN: | 33664 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 17 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oshima Island -
 Japan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Manila-Nichols Air Base (MNL/RPLL) |
| Atsugi NAS (NJA/RJTA) |
The aircraft crashed and caught fire. The pilot was trapped and died. The other 16 occupants were injured, six of whom seriously.
Sources:
Morning Tribune 9 May 1946, p8
Youngstown Vindicator 8 May 1946, p7
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