Narrative:
A Curtiss C-46A Commando, 42-3574, assigned to 10th Air Force, Air Transport Command, 1328th Air Base Unit, Station 11, departed the airfield at Misamari, India, on a cargo transportation flight to Myitkyina, Burma, then across the Himalayas, to the airfield at Yankai, China.
The C-46A was attacked and set afire by enemy fighters and the crew had to bail out. The pilot was unable to bail out and died in the crash.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 29 June 1944 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-3574 |
| MSN: | 26707 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | at an unknown location ( Unknown country)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Misamari Air Base, India |
| Myitkyina (unknown airport), Myanmar |
A Curtiss C-46A Commando, 42-3574, assigned to 10th Air Force, Air Transport Command, 1328th Air Base Unit, Station 11, departed the airfield at Misamari, India, on a cargo transportation flight to Myitkyina, Burma, then across the Himalayas, to the airfield at Yankai, China.
The C-46A was attacked and set afire by enemy fighters and the crew had to bail out. The pilot was unable to bail out and died in the crash.
Sources:
» miac47burmawwii.orgPhotos
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