Accident Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando 41-24708,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340347
 

Date:Monday 31 January 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 41-24708
MSN: 26629
Year of manufacture:1943
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:NE of Goliang, Arunachal Pradesh -   India
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Mohanbari Air Base (MOH/VEMN)
Destination airport:Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP)
Narrative:
Missing during a routine cargo flight. The C-46 was later found to have crashed on a mountain side at an elevation of 12.000 feet.

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