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| Date: | Saturday 3 November 1945 |
| Time: | 02:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54G-5-DO (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 45-528 |
| MSN: | 35981 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Chukha -
 Bhutan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chabua Airfield (VECA) |
| Karachi (unknown airport) |
Crashed into a mountain at an elevation of 8000 feet. The pilot decided to take the direct route to Karachi instead of the designated airway.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
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