| Date: | Saturday 10 March 1945 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-77341 |
| MSN: | 32737 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 37 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Tanauan Airfield -
 Philippines
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mabalacat Airfield |
| Tanauan Airfield |
The C-46 transport plane, operated by the 433rd Troop Carrier Group (TCG), 70th Troop Carrier Squadron (TCS), flew a medical evacuation flight from Mabalacat Airfield to Tanauan Airfield, Philippines. Weather conditions were unfavorable, with a low ceiling, scattered and five miles visibility at the destination.
The airplane crashed.
Sources:
Pacificwrecks.com
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