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| Date: | Wednesday 3 June 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American B-25C Mitchell |
| Owner/operator: | USAAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lincang, Yunnan Province? -
 China
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 1942-06-03, six B-25 Mitchell took off from India to bombard a Japanese airfield in Lashio, Myanmar. After the attack, the formation flew toward Kunming, China. En route, IMC prevailed and three airplanes, each carrying seven crew members, crashed into mountain nearly simultaneously at around 11000 ft. The precise location of this mishap was unclear.
Sources:
Jackson, D. 2021. Fallen Tigers: the Fate of America’s Missing Airmen in China during World War II. Lexington, Kentucky State, USA: University Press of Kentucky.
www.forgottensquadron.com
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2025 03:22 | RDV | Added |
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