| Date: | Wednesday 1 May 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 44-78555 |
| MSN: | 22378 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,7 km NE of Peiping -
 China
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed. Crew bailed out.
Lt Benjamin Trout (22) was seriously injured in bail-out when parachute failed to open properly and died 13 June 1946.
Sources:
AAIR
Piru News 27 June 1946
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