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| Date: | Monday 2 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-12420 |
| MSN: | 26547 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 24 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Lahe Nanyon -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chabua Airfield (VECA) |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
Crashed in the China-Burma-India theatre of operations after mechanical failure. At least one crew member was killed.
All aboard had to bail out as the airplane was not able to maintain altitude after engine problems.
Sources:
China-Burma-India Hump Pilot Association Newsletter Fall/Winter 2004
The Crash of a C-46; Tail Number: 41-12420 / John C. Neveu
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