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| Date: | Sunday 4 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-107386 |
| MSN: | 27073 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 35 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | W of Karoi -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chabua Airfield (VECA) |
| Karachi (unknown airport) |
Over a remote jungle location approx. 55 mi NW of Jorhat, the C-46 transport aircraft developed mechanical problems and caught on fire. It crashed near the summit ridge of a jungle-covered hill at 6559 feet and burned.
Sources:
MIA Recoveries (miarecoveries.org)
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