ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340618
| Date: | Friday 29 October 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-38702 |
| MSN: | 6161 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | northern Burma -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dinjan Airport |
| Dinjan Airport |
The C-47, 41-38702, assigned to 10th Air Force, 1st Troop Transport Group, 2nd Troop Carrier Squadron, departed Dinjan, India, on a food supply drop mission in Burma.
Close to target no.3 an engine failed. The pilot banked left sharply left and the wing contacted trees. The aircraft crashed and burst into flames. All aboard were killed.
Sources:
miac47burmawwii.org
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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