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| Date: | Sunday 7 November 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-5171 |
| MSN: | 26373 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Myitkyina -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
| Sookerating Air Base |
Crashed. All five crew members were POW.
Sources:
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