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| Date: | Monday 26 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated C-87A Liberator Express |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-24174 |
| MSN: | 969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Marshall Islands -
 Pacific Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kwajalein Airport (KWA/PKWA) |
| Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI (HIK) |
The C-87 transport plane took from Guam on a flight to Hawaii transporting senior staff for prepare for a high-level meeting on plans for the final assault on Japan during World War II. Weather was reported as broken clouds at 3,000 - 6,000 feet. The aircraft was lost at sea between Kwajalein and Hawaii.
Last contact was by radio at 12:15 when the aircraft's position was reported as 11 degrees 15' north, 174 degrees 15' east.
Sources:
pacificwrecks.com
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