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| Date: | Saturday 22 September 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-78455 |
| MSN: | 22278 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Atsugi NAS (NJA) -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Biak (unknown airport) |
| Atsugi NAS (NJA/RJTA) |
The airplane crashed into a mountain near Atsugi under unknown circumstances. Both pilots died in the crash.
Sources:
pacificwrecks.com
planelogger.com
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