Narrative:
Missing in service during cargo flight between Chenkung and Chengdu. Instrument weather conditions existed along the entire route.
Last radio contact was with Kurmitola when the crew reported that they were bailing out.
» MACR
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 20 October 1944 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-15387 |
| MSN: | 19853 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 50 km (31.3 mls) N of Luichow ( China)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chengkung Airfield, China |
| Chengdu Airport (CTU/ZUUU), China |
Missing in service during cargo flight between Chenkung and Chengdu. Instrument weather conditions existed along the entire route.
Last radio contact was with Kurmitola when the crew reported that they were bailing out.
Sources:
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Chengkung Airfield to Chengdu Airport as the crow flies is 644 km (402 miles).
Distance from Chengkung Airfield to Chengdu Airport as the crow flies is 644 km (402 miles).
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