ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338167
| Date: | Sunday 6 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-77861 |
| MSN: | 33257 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Long Man Hill -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Beauvais-Tillé Advanced Landing Ground A-61 (BVA/LFOB) |
The Curtiss C-46D was carrying lumber and mail to France. After flying into a cloud, the airplane struck the top of Long Man Hill. All four crew members died in the crash.
The flight departed RAF Snetterton Heath.
Sources:
www.940arw.afrc.af.mil
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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