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| Date: | Sunday 12 August 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-77788 |
| MSN: | 33184 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Manila-Nielson Field -
 Philippines
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Manila-Nielson Field |
A Curtiss C-46D Commando, 44-77788 (msn 33184), crashed on takeoff from Manila-Nielson Field, Philippines.
In the accident sequence it apparently hit and damaged two USAAF Douglas C-47A aircraft: 42-100477 (msn 18940) and 42-100622 (msn 19085).
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