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| Date: | Monday 17 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-12424 |
| MSN: | 26551 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | between Chabua and Kunming -
 Unknown country
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chabua Air Force Station |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
Crashed between Chabua, India and Kunming, China after all occupants except the pilot bailed out following a loss power of both engines.
Sources:
MACR
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