Status: | |
Date: | Friday 18 February 1944 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3) |
Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
Registration: | 42-100693 |
MSN: | 19156 |
First flight: | 1943 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Fort Hertz ( Myanmar)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The C-47A, 42-100693, of the 315th Troop Carrier Squadron, 10th Air Force, departed the air base at Sookerating, India, on a food dropping mission to allied troops at Laawng, Burma. The aircraft crashed and two drop crew members survived.
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miac47burmawwii.org» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.