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| Date: | Wednesday 23 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commado |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-77507 |
| MSN: | 32903 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Taillefontaine -
 France
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed after one of the engines caught fire. Four crew members and forty wounded American soldiers died in the crash.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Aérosteles : Lieux de mémoire aéronautique
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