ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340447
| Date: | Monday 27 December 1943 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-50-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-24272 |
| MSN: | 10134 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 24 km NE of Shingbwiyang -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sookerating Air Base |
| Sookerating Air Base |
The C-47A operated on a supply dropping mission out of Sookerating, India. It is believed to have dived to cloud cover while approaching an unidentified ship on the river.
The airplane then collided with a mountain.
Sources:
MACR
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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