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| Date: | Sunday 13 January 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-78146 |
| MSN: | 33542 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-75 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 29 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Majuro -
 Marshall Islands
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Majuro-Amata Kabua International Airport (MAJ/PKMJ) |
| Johnston Island Airport (JON/PJON) |
The Curtiss C-46 crashed into the sea off Majuro, Marshall Islands. Seventeen occupants swam ashore. Twelve were missing. The aircraft transported Army swimming athletes to a championship.
Sources:
Missing Air Crew Report
Malaya Tribune 22 January 1946, p2/3
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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