ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340098
Date: | Tuesday 25 April 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-3597 |
MSN: | 26730 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | near Imphal -
India
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Chittagong Airport |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Curtiss C-46A Commando, 42-3597, assigned to 10th Air Force, Air Transport Command, Station 11, departed Chittagong, on a cargo transport mission to Supam, India.
The aircraft was attacked by enemy aircraft and shot down. The pilot bailed out and suffered a broken left leg and minor injuries. The other crew members died in the crash
Sources:
miac47burmawwii.org
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