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 |
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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| 5 December 1972 | YV-C-TGE | Latin Carga | 0 | Galapa |  |
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