ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340786
| Date: | Wednesday 11 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-53 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 48 |
| MSN: | 4852 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Hertz valley -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dinjan Airport |
| Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
Presumed shot by a Japanese fighter plane. The no. 1 engine was on fire and the fire spread until the wing structure was compromised. The left wing collapsed and fell off.
Sources:
CNAC.org
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