Date:	Thursday 26 October 1944
Time:	06:03
Type:	Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	42-96716
MSN:	30378
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Reno AAB, NV -   United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Reno AAB, NV
Destination airport:	Reno AAB, NV

Narrative:
Two Curtiss C-46 transport planes (42-96716 and 41-12357) were destroyed following a mid-air collision over Reno Army Air Base. Both aircraft were operating on a training flight. The crew of 42-96716 were following the prescribed instrument let down when the airplane was struck by 41-12357.

Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 3: August 1944-December 1945 / Anthony J. Mireles

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