ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336012
| Date: | Saturday 9 December 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Civil Air Transport |
| Registration: | XT-852 |
| MSN: | 22449 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mount Fuji -
 Japan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tachikawa Air Base (RJTC) |
The aircraft crashed into the side of Mount Fuji, at the 8,000 foot level. One American and two Chinese pilots were killed. The aircraft was en route to Korea.
Sources:
The Straits Times 11 December 1950, p2
Flying Tiger: The True Story of General Claire Chennault and the U.S. 14th Air Force in China / Jack Samson
CAT, Air Asia, Air Americathe Company on Taiwan I: Structure and Development / Dr. Joe F. Leeker, 2015
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