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| Date: | Saturday 7 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-5204 |
| MSN: | 26406 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chirdwin Valley -
 India
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mohanbari Air Base (MOH/VEMN) |
| Yangkai Airfield |
Crashed.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
findagrave.com
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