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| Date: | Saturday 6 February 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-49K (DC-3-455) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-2004 |
| MSN: | 6329 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 320 km N of Fort St. John, BC -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The C-49 transport plane disappeared during a flight in Canada. The wreckage with eleven bodies and cargo was found in mountains 20 miles from "Tuchobe Lake" five years later.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Morning Tribune 29 September 1948, p7
The Straits Times 25 September 1948, p2
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