ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340639
| Date: | Saturday 23 October 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-12325 |
| MSN: | 26452 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 100 km N of Myitkyina -
 Myanmar
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
| Chabua Air Force Station |
The aircraft departed Kunming, China enroute to Chabua, India and was shot down in the Hertz Valley area. All of the crew were killed.
Sources:
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/957908/ruse-over-burma-october-1943
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