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| Date: | Wednesday 4 July 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54B-1-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-72370 |
| MSN: | 10475 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kunming, Yunnan Province? -
 China
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Barrackpore Air Base (VEBR) |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
The C-54, assigned to 10th Air Force, 1345th AAF Base Unit, Kurmitola, departed the airfield at Barrackpore, India, on a cargo mission to Kunming, China. Last contact was when it was over Kunyang, China, at about 1346 Zulu.
Note: Kunyang was the name of a neighborhood in Kunming. If correct, the aircraft had been very close to its destination when it went missing.
Five crew members were presumed dead.
Sources:
https://www.etvma.org/veterans/james-w-stooksbury-7295/
MACR
miac47burmawwii.org
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2024 05:48 | RDV | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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