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| Date: | Saturday 6 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-96721 |
| MSN: | 30383 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Arunachal Pradesh -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
| Chabua Air Force Station |
The aircraft went missing on a flight from Kunming to Chabua. Weather en route was poor with thunderstorms and severe icing.
The wreckage of the aircraft was found on a snow-covered mountain side in Arunachal Pradesh in India in January 2022.
Sources:
Missing World War II aircraft found in India after 77 years (khaleejtimes.com, 24 Jan. 2022)
MACR
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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